National Bestseller
A #ReadWithJenna book club pick following an Irish American family with three adult sisters returning home to Long Island to face tension-filled dinners, ghosts from their pasts, and family secrets in a gripping novel full of biting wit and profound heart
Its been years since the three Ryan sisters were all together at their beloved family home. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by a fatal accident on their brother Tophers boat. Now the Ryan women are back and eager to reconnect, but each carries 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. Middle sister Alice has been thrown a curveball that threatens the career shes restarting and faces a difficult decision that may doom her marriage. And the youngest, Maggie, is finally taking the risk of bringing the woman she loves home to meet her devoutly Catholic mother.
When Cait invites a guest from their shared past to dinner, old tensions boil over and new truths surface, nearly overpowering the flickering light of their family bond. Far more than a family reunion will be ruined unless the sisters can find a way to forgive one anotherand themselves.
Heather Aimee ONeillis a poet, a teacher, and the assistant director of the Sackett Street Writers Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two sons.
The Irish Goodbyeis her first novel.
National Bestseller
ATodayShow #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick
An extraordinary book about the power of family and sisterhood . . . shows how the ripples of loss and grief can shape even our closest relationships.
Jenna Bush Hager, TheTodayShow's #ReadwithJenna
A sparkling debut,The Irish Goodbyeis a rich, compassionate novel about sisterhood, marriage, grief, and forgiveness.
Jenny Jackson,New York TimeslS4
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