{"product_id":"long-island-oprahs-book-club-by-colm-taoibain-9781476785127","title":"Long Island (Oprah's Book Club)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK \u003c\/em\u003e INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e MAGAZINE, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER, WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, GLAMOUR, FRESH AIR,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN, THE ECONOMIST, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eTHE IRISH TIMES, THE NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE OBSERVER,\u003c\/i\u003e and more \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stunning.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003e \"Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world's best living literary writers.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \"Momentous and hugely affecting.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, Tóibín's most popular work in twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighbouring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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 and that when the baby is born, he will not raise it but instead deposit it on Eilis's doorstep. It is what Eilis does--and what she refuses to do--in response to this stunning news that makes Tóibín's novel so riveting and suspenseful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeous story \"about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate\" (Maureen Corrigan, \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e). It is \"a wonder, rich with yearning and regret\" (\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, Minneapolis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643020558572,"sku":"9781476785127","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6d7967a0edba01e5a86350d93f928d61.jpg?v=1779170403","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/long-island-oprahs-book-club-by-colm-taoibain-9781476785127","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}