May Book Club: Long Island

"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber & one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives & children & Tony’s parents, a huge extended family. It is the spring of 1976 & Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land & home, she has not returned in decades. One day, when Tony is at work an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis by name. He tells her that his wife is pregnant with Tony’s child & that when the baby is born, he will not raise it but instead deposit it on Eilis’s doorstep. It is what Eilis does—& what she refuses to do—in response to this stunning news that makes Tóibín’s novel so riveting & suspenseful" (Amazon). Meet up at the library with fellow book club members to talk about <iLong Island by Colm Tóibín. Available at the library & via MeL in regular print, large print, & audiobook. This title is also available as an ebook & e-audiobook through Libby.

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