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  • Long Island
  • Long Island
  • Long Island
  • Long Island
  • Long Island
  • Long Island

Long Island

Fiction, General Fiction
Hardback Published on: 23/05/2024
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Long Island
an enjoyable introduction to Tóibín
I loved this! We were kindly sent proof copies by the publisher and I read the first few pages on a break, having never read anything by Tóibín. I was imme... READ MORE
Megan at Peterborough
Long Island
A beautiful follow-up
I was thrilled to get a preview copy of this long-awaited follow-up to the wonderful, Brooklyn. Here, Colm Toibin takes us straight back to the heart of Ei... READ MORE
Caroline, Ipswich

Synopsis

Picking up two decades after the end of Brooklyn, we find Eilis and Tony happily married with two children, living in a quiet cul-de-sac in Long Island. And yet, within mere pages, the arrival of an Irish man on their doorstep initiates a series of events which leaves Eilis questioning her past and her future.

Synopsis

Long Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. The sequel to the prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.

A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello’s door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future.

And yet this stranger will reveal something that will make Eilis question the life she has created. For the first time in years she suddenly feels very far from home and the revelation will see her turn towards Ireland once again. Back to her mother. Back to the town and the people she had chosen to leave behind. Did she make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?

  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9781035029440
  • Number of pages: 304
  • Weight: 517g
  • Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 29 mm

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Long Island
Wonderful..
Firstly, I have to say that this is definitely a worthy follower to ‘Brooklyn’. Tobin has an uncanny ability to give wonderful voice to his female characte... READ MORE
Emine at Bromley
Long Island
A compelling and enlivening journey of nostalgia
My first steps in Enniscorthy were as a two year old boy. Our parents had moved to the town of our father's birth. The Enniscorthy of the 1950s and '60s is... READ MORE
Philip Redmond
Long Island
Likely to be one of the best novels this year
I simply couldn’t put this down - Colm Tóibín is without doubt one of the most talented writers of our times….i just hope there is a follow up that continu... READ MORE
Sherrylyn  Peck
Long Island
First time Toibin!
Didn't know this author, hadn't read Brooklyn, but you don't need to really this gives plenty of background. I really really enjoyed it. I love the way he ... READ MORE
Lynn Grant