Nora Webster
Subtitle: a novel
By: Colm Toibin
Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781439170939
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Widows; Self-realization in women; Fiction
Description: Widowed in her forties, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be drawn back into it. Wounded, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning empathy and kindness, and when she begins to sing again, after decades, she finds solace, engagement, a haven-- herself.
Notes: Includes reading group guide.