Q&A With Jessie Buckley Narrator of Long Island by Colm Tóibín

Actor and audiobook narrator Jessie Buckley, tells us what it was like to record the audiobook for Long Island, the follow-up to Colm Tóibín bestselling Brooklyn.
BUY Long Island by Colm Tóibín, narrated by Jessie Buckley: bit.ly/4aLDaUZ
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'Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Tóibín at his best' - The Times
'A masterful novel full of longing and regret . . . Intensely moving and yet full of restraint' - Douglas Stuart, author Shuggie Bain
Long Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. The sequel to Colm Tóibín's prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.
A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello’s door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking towards a good future.
And yet this stranger will reveal something that will make Eilis question the life she has created. For the first time in years she suddenly feels very far from home and the revelation will see her turn towards Ireland once again. Back to her mother. Back to the town and the people she had chosen to leave behind. Did she make the wrong choice marrying Tony all those years ago? Is it too late now to take a different path?
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[@bitsymiller3601]

Thank you for a brilliant reading of this wonderful book. Jessie is the perfect choice and created irresistible characters so well - especially the older women on both sides of the Atlantic. It was so clear she has an intimate understanding of them. He’s a brilliant writer of story and so skilled that there’s never a need to describe the mechanics of a plot. It’s all unfolds through the inner lives of these characters. Living in such tight communities, they openly express so little that when even a glimpse of the truth is exposed events take on an energy and life of their own. It’s like a dam bursting. The book begins and ends with such and between times you’re on the edge of your seat, keeping everything crossed and just hoping for the best for all of them. It’s superb and so is Jessie.

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Just finished the book. I am completely underwhelmed.