• Colm Tóibín's long-anticipated sequel to 'Brooklyn' is 'Long Island'

  • May 15 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
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Colm Tóibín's long-anticipated sequel to 'Brooklyn' is 'Long Island'

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  • The writer Colm Tóibín says he never meant to write a sequel to his 2009 novel Brooklyn. But an image came to him years later, of his protagonist from that book suddenly finding out her husband has had an affair that resulted in a pregnancy — and so he followed the story in Long Island. In today's episode, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tóibín about revisiting Eilis Lacey in her 40s and upending her domestic life.

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