01262nam a22002417a 450000500170000001000260001702000260004303500130006903500170008203500130009903700170011203700130012908200060014210000210014824500400016926000330020927000650024230000210030752005960032865000220092465000330094665000410097920170824100759.0  a1516EN07   ENG-114931  a9780141041759c499.00  aEN-98463  aB-598033-043  aB-667740  adplbKKP/Ven  bDBAD/PUB  aN  aTóibín, Colm  aNora webster  /cby Colm Tóibín  bPenguin Booksc2015aGurgaon  a7th Floor, Infinity Tower C, DLF Cyber CitybGurgaone122002  a311p.c21cm(pbk)  aWidowed in her forties, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be drawn back into it. Wounded, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning empathy and kindness, and when she begins to sing again, after decades, she finds solace, engagement, a haven-- herself.  a WidowsvFiction.  a Mothers and sons vFiction.  aSelf-realization in women vFiction.