Description
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The love story of the century
Long Island by Colm Tóibín, the author of Brooklyn, is his 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 Sunday Times bestseller & Waterstones * Fiction Book of the Month
A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello’s door on Long Island. In that moment, everything changes. 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 all those years ago? Is it too late now * to take a different path?
‘Riveting’ Elizabeth Strout
‘Masterful’ Douglas Stuart
‘Wonderful’ Oprah Winfrey
‘Entrancing’ The Economist
‘Magnificent’ The Times *
‘Exquisite’ New York Times
‘Gorgeous’ The Independent
‘Dazzling’ The Financial Times
‘A masterclass’ The Guardian
*Long Island was an instant Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27/5/24
From the Publisher
ASIN : B0BYZTPS9V
Publisher : Picador
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 23 May 2024
Language : English
File size : 2.6 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 303 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1035029471
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 2 of 2 : Eilis Lacey
Reading age : 18 years and up
Customers say
Customers find this book to be a brilliant, well-written novel that serves as an excellent sequel to Brooklyn, with searing emotions throughout. The story and character development receive mixed reactions – while some find it perfectly believable with well-created characters, others feel * the ending is disappointing.
