Matthew Thomas author of We Are Not Ourselves
The instant New York Times bestseller the Washington Post calls a \u201cstunning\u2026superbly rendered\u201d novel, and Entertainment Weekly describes as \u201ca gripping family saga, maybe the best\u2026since The Corrections.\u201d
Born in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on how much alcohol has been consumed. From an early age, Eileen wished that she lived somewhere else.
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