Name: Nora Webster
Rating: 3.444444444444445 (9 reviews)
ISBN: 9781439138335

Colm Toibin

Struggling with grief and financial hardships after the death of her beloved husband, widow Nora struggles to support her four children and clings to secrecy in the intrusive community of her childhood before finding her voice. By the award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn. 125,000 first printing.

A Novel

Nora Webster

Sarah Ryan

A subtle read. We see a grieving widow in her mid 40s through the first 3 years after her husband dies, as she comes to terms with her new reality and starts to rediscover who she is. Many reviewers seem to bemoan the lack of action, and indeed judge the parenting. But this book evolves slowly in a realistic look at grief. It doesn’t always look how you expect and people / parents don’t always make every decision 100% correctly.

Nora Webster A Novel

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