Nora Vebster

1960-e. Irlandiya, gorodok Enniskorti - tot samyy, otkuda uehala v Ameriku Eylish, geroinya predyduschego romana Kolma Toybina "Bruklin". Tihaya, razmerennaya, staromodnaya zhizn' na fone nazrevayuschey v sosedney Severnoy Irlandii mezhdousobicy. Nora Vebster nedavno ovdovela, ey nado privykat' k novoy zhizni, spravlyat'sya s finansovymi i bytovymi trudnostyami, v odinochku rastit' synovey. Obychnaya zhizn' obychnoy zhenschiny, davno rasteryavshey v teni muzha svoyu individual'nost', zabyvshey, chto takoe mechty. V etom tihom, tonkom romane, kak i v "Brukline", na pervyy vzglyad malo chto proishodit, i v to zhe vremya on polon napryazheniya, dazhe strasti. Kak polna ih i Nora, kotoraya uchitsya byt' odna, uchitsya byt' soboy, poroy razdrazhaya i dazhe shokiruya konservativnuyu irlandskuyu glubinku.