Colm Tóibín discusses his deeply personal story of a provincial Irishwoman who sets aside motherhood to grapple with grief.
Colm Tóibín discusses his deeply personal new novel Nora Webster (Scribner), the story of a provincial Irishwoman who sets aside motherhood to grapple with grief. The author uses a procession of constant small details to construct this beautiful account of a woman's gradual re-emergence from loss.
Colm Toibin
Guests:
Colm Tóibín, novelist
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