Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of ten previous novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín is the current Laureate for Irish fiction.

From the New York Times bestselling author, Colm Tóibín, comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel that continues the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work.