Long Island : a novel
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
Buckley, Jessie, 1989- narrator.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024., New York : Audioworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781797174648, 1797174649
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (approximately 9.5 hours) : CD audio, digital ; 12 cm
Status
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024., New York : Audioworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781797174648, 1797174649
Notes
Participants/Performers
Read by Jessie Buckley.
Description
Eilis 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 that lives and works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades. One day, when Tony is at his job and Eilis is in her home office doing her accounting, an Irishman comes to the door asking for her 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. Long Island is about longings unfulfilled, even unrecognised. The silences in Eilis' life are thunderous and dangerous, and there's no one more deft than Tóibín at giving them language. This is a gorgeous story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest bonds she rekindles on her return to the place and people she left behind, to ways of living and loving she thought she'd lost.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Roxbury Library - Adult Media - New | AUDIOBK FIC TOIBIN | Held |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tóibín, C., & Buckley, J. (2024). Long Island: a novel (Unabridged.). Simon & Schuster .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tóibín, Colm, 1955- and Jessie Buckley. 2024. Long Island: A Novel. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tóibín, Colm, 1955- and Jessie Buckley. Long Island: A Novel Simon & Schuster, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tóibín, Colm, and Jessie Buckley. Long Island: A Novel Unabridged., Simon & Schuster , 2024.
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