Description

Eilis Lacey is forty and lives in a quiet Long Island suburb. She shares her life with her husband, Tony, and their children, Larry and Rosella. Tony’s large, noisy family lives close by. Then an Irish stranger arrives with news that upsets their home. His visit leads Eilis to return to Ireland.

In Enniscorthy, she must face people she loved and left behind. She hopes to revive a love she thought she had lost. Yet going home brings hard choices, not a fresh start. Guilt and longing force her to rethink her past. She must decide what to reveal, whom to trust, and how to live.

Colm Tóibín’s novel returns to the central character of Brooklyn more than twenty years into her American life. It explores marriage, desire, betrayal, and the pull of two homes. Its focus is the way private wants can change family lives.

Cristina Nicolae translated this edition from English. It forms part of the Raftul Denisei series.