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Long Island (Eilis Lacey Series)

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OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Stunning.” —People “Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world’s best living literary writers.” —The Boston Globe “Momentous and hugely affecting.” —The Wall Street Journal From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work in twenty years. Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and 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 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. 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 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. Long Island is a gorgeous story “about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate” (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air). It is “a wonder, rich with yearning and regret” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner (May 7, 2024)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1476785112


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 10


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #2,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #65 in 20th Century Historical Fiction (Books) #134 in Family Life Fiction (Books) #308 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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    • Better than Brooklyn!
Read the previous book, Brooklyn, or see the movie. That will set you up nicely for where this one starts. Brooklyn, the novel, is short, understated—in fact, it wasn’t until the end that I appreciated it fully. But Long Island? Not just the best of the two books, but a deeply felt surprise. I went into this not expecting much; in fact, I thought it would be a strained sequel. Wow, was I ever wrong! Long Island will make my top ten of the year. These characters do not go away when you close the last page. I’m hoping for a trilogy. But I am not going to give even circumspect clues about how Tóibín ends things. That in itself would be a spoiler. Long Island takes place twenty years post-Brooklyn, sometime in the 1970s now, and Irish-born Eilis has two teenage children with her husband, Italian American born Tony Fiorello. Tony has made a mess of things just recently (all for the reader to discover in the first few pages), and it is practically impossible for Eilis to think peacefully on her own. She is surrounded here in a cul-de-sac by Tony’s family in several of the houses. Everyone in the family knows everyone’s business, it’s just too much for Eilis right now. Eilis’s mother and a brother are in Ireland, and have never met her children. She resolves to return home for a long visit, stay several weeks (if not months) before her children fly up to accompany her for their first visit. Of course, there’s drama in the gossipy village of Enniscorthy where Eilis grew up, and ghosts from her past that are living, breathing individuals, are ready to haunt or heat up at every turn. Besides her difficult mother, there’s the man she left behind, Jim Farrell. He runs one of the most popular pubs in town. Has never married. Most of the novel is set in Ireland, as we follow Eilis and her children. The pace is perfect, never ever a dull moment. The prose reads with the alacrity of a gazelle, sprinting freely, yet fully dimensional in details and the authenticity of human dilemma. It’s real, folks! It’s suspenseful and thrilling, and the stakes just get higher and tighter as the pages turn. Oh, those stakes---a few went almost straight through my heart and bled me out. Don’t worry---there is nothing melodramatic about this novel—that’s just me with my heart in their teeth. It is just as restrained as it needs to be, while also being fulsome and forthright. You never know what will happen next. The riskier the conduct, the more your own heart will pump and panic in equal measure. What you have and what you left behind rub up against each other, and Eilis is compelled by unfinished business back in Enniscorthy. Broken bonds lay open and exposed, the harm to all the characters gradually revealed. As Eilis appraises her life and considers her options, she fully grasps the urgency to go back to her past in order to secure her future. I must add my awe at how Tóibín develops characters with such sublime attention to the minute contradictions in human behavior, and how our outward-facing temperament may be highly interpretive. For example, Jim acts like what we know as *the strong silent type.* Is that why he is fiercely selective with his words? Tentative with weighty actions? Guarded about his life? Well, as quiet and restrained as he is, there is more than one way to interpret his personal style and cautious choices. The ending will blow you away, and that’s all I will say about that. The author effortlessly crafts his tale, and he never intrudes on the action. Tóibín’s cast run the show—they fluently forward the plot with palpable intimacy. And enigma. For all their transparency, the reader won’t easily pierce the inexorable. The author steps out and lets them at it. Eilis—the entire cast-- continue to carry on in my life. I can’t let them go, they are flawed, unforgettable, human. Eilis especially is inscribed in my personal atlas of eternal literary characters. In the space where truth-in-fiction exists, Eilis Lacey will endure. The story’s spry, subtle, and scintillating style was brilliant. I want another sequel and I rarely say that! Addendum: Norah Webster makes a cameo appearance. Background color basically. But it made me think about the Lucy Barton/Olive Kitteridge-verse. Tóibín has well established the Eilis Lacy-verse, and I'm a fan of him continuing to explore these nervy characters in both Enniscorthy and Long Island. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024 by switterbug/Betsey Van Horn
    • Good Story / Disappointing Ending
This is a very good story but I was so disappointed with the ending. There is none! There was no resolution to anything. Not one single issue was resolved. This story screams for a third book to tie up the loose ends and bring closure to all that’s been left undone. One can only hope that the author shares that sentiment. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2024 by Robert Pugliese
    • Not one of my favorites
I read this book because I saw it as a window display at Barnes & Noble. At first it was interesting. I thought the Italian family dynamics were funny & frustrating! When the book shifted the setting to Ireland, I lost interest! The characters became boring, and the book drug on! The ending is kind of a cliff hanger, but the writer doesn’t know if this will be a trilogy! I don’t think I would recommend because of the ending! However, there is no doubt that this book is beautifully written, just couldn’t hold my attention! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024 by Susan Rostkowski
    • How Much Do I Owe Myself?
Prepare to put everything aside once you open this novel. Colm Toibin has done it again, writing a follow-up to his much-loved 'Brooklyn'. I recommend that readers check out 'Brooklyn' prior to reading 'Long Island'. This will familiarize you with Eilis and Jim Farrell, two main protagonists in this book. 'Long Island' takes place a couple of decades after Eilis last visited Enniscorthy, her hometown in Ireland. She is now married and has two teen-aged children. She lives on a cul-de-sac with her husband's family - brothers, in-laws - always intruding in her life in both subtle and coercive ways. Eilis feels stuck. She left an overbearing mother in Ireland and now finds herself encrypted into her husband's family which makes it very difficult for her to individuate. One day, totally out of the blue, there is a knock on Eilis's door and she is delivered some life-changing news. It impacts her family in big ways and it also involves her husband and his family. She feels subjugated. The only member of her husband's family who is helpful is Frank, her brother-in-law. He is a successful lawyer and is the only one of his family to live apart from the others. Eilis tries confiding in him but he, too, is enmeshed in the secrets and machinations of her husband's clan. He does, however, give her some money that will help her to go back to Ireland. Eilis leaves for Ennniscorthy with no finite plan for return; all is open-ended. She stays with her mother who is mean-spirited and critical of Eilis. While in Enniscorthy, she refuels relationships from her younger years and gets quite involved with the people from her past. Toibin has a marvelous way with words. I felt I was right there with Eilis, facing the difficult decisions she had in front of her. This is a novel of love lost and love found, the importance of making the right decisions and the fallback from the past that lands in the future. There is grief, hope, love, friendship and family in this novel. Toibin keeps it lively and there are some major surprises in store for Eilis and the town of Enniscorthy. I love Irish literature and Mr. Toibin is one of the reasons why. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2024 by Bonnie Brody
    • Long Island by Colm Toibin
Excellent novel taking the reader on life journey of Eilis Lacey 20 years after she married and moved to Long Island in the first novel, “Brooklyn.” The plot was very exciting and unpredictable. However keeping track of the all the conversations and personalities in Ireland was a bit long winded and confusing. Perhaps it could have been cut shorter. I wished for a different ending but a thoughtful reader can imagine the character’s karma and road blocks ahead. I hope there is a series 3 in the Eilis Lacey books. I highly recommend this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2024 by Amazon Customer
    • Wow…another beautiful sad story
From the moment I read the opening lines of the book I grasped the arm of my chair and knew I was in for a roller coaster ride of emotions. Toibin masterfully kept me on the edge of my chair all the way through this book. Yet there were times I had to put the book down and process the story while wanting to continue. Does the ending of this book suggest a third book about Eilis? I hope so. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024 by Marten J. Wennik

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