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The Irish goodbye : a novel / Heather Aimee O'Neill.
Van Pelt Library PS3615.N443 I75 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, Heather Aimee, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Long Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Long Island (N.Y.).
- Estranged families--Fiction.
- Estranged families.
- Sisters--Fiction.
- Sisters.
- Secrecy--Fiction.
- Secrecy.
- Thanksgiving Day--Fiction.
- Thanksgiving Day.
- Grief--Fiction.
- Grief.
- Boating accidents--Fiction.
- Boating accidents.
- New York (State)--Long Island.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction
- Novels
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
- Summary:
- "In this debut, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Mary Beth Keane, three adult sisters grapple with a shared tragedy over a Thanksgiving weekend spent in their childhood home, navigating complex relationships and old tensions. It's been years since the three Ryan sisters were all home together at their family's beloved house on the eastern shore of Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by an accident on their brother Topher's boat: a friend's brother was killed, the lawsuit nearly bankrupted their parents, and Topher spiraled into a depression, eventually taking his life. Now the Ryan women are back for Thanksgiving, eager to reconnect, but each carrying a heavy secret. The eldest, Cait, still holding guilt for the role no one knows she played in the boat accident, rekindles a flame with her high school crush, Topher's best friend and the brother of the boy who died. Middle sister Alice's been thrown a curveball threatening the career she's restarting and faces a difficult decision that may doom her marriage. And the youngest, Maggie, is finally taking the risk to bring the woman she loves home to her devoutly Catholic mother. Infusing everything is the grief for Topher that none of the Ryans have figured out how to carry together. When Cait invites a guest to Thanksgiving dinner, old tensions boil over and new truths surface, nearly overpowering the flickering light of their family bond. Far more than a family holiday will be ruined unless the sisters can find a way to forgive themselves--and one another"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Read with Jenna"--Book jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9781250408150
- 1250408156
- OCLC:
- 1478325565
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000282431
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