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Scribner

9781476785110

STARRED REVIEW

Long Island

Long Island revisits Eilis Lacey more than 20 years after the events of Colm Toíbín’s 2009 novel, Brooklyn, which introduced readers to this self-possessed, elusive young woman.

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Review of ‘Long Island’

A knock at the door can change everything. Such a small, everyday act can have enormous power to set off a chain of events one would never have considered possible.  

Long Island by Colm Toibin revisits Eilis Lacey more than 20 years after the events of his 2009 novel, Brooklyn, which introduced readers to this…

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