Greenwich Library Fiction Addiction Book Club: Lunchtime Edition “Long Island” A Novel by Colm Tóibín

Join this month’s Fiction Addiction Book Club — live and in person — to discuss the 2024 book Long Island: A Novel by Colm Tóibín: Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on 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 40s with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to the town in Ireland where she grew up 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, 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 will deposit it on Eilis’s doorstep. This is a story of a woman alone in a marriage and the deepest of 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.

Intrigued yet? Please join us for a fun and lively discussion — bring your thoughts, ideas and interpretations and let’s discuss great fiction!

Questions? Please contact Dora Salm at [email protected] or (203) 622-7910.