I loved this. Subdued, understated, brilliant characterisation, and read so beautifully by Jessie Buckley. It's twenty years after Brooklyn (although you don't have read that novel to read this) and Eilis, living on Long Island with her husband and two children learns that her husband has fathered a child with another woman, and this woman's husband will be bringing the child to Eilis's house when it's born. Not being able to stomach this, Eilis returns to Ireland, and there meets again her old flame, Jim, and her old friend Nancy; her return stirring up the small town. It's a masterclass in how to write quiet characters - although not all of them are, Eilis's mother is wonderful. I think some people were dissatisfied with the ending, but it did everything I wanted it to do. Highly recommended.