The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'neill
As an IrishAmerican family gathers for Thanksgiving weekend at their home on Long Island, they must confront the decades-old tragedy that haunts them all. A beautiful, compassionate drama from debut author Heather Aimee O'Neill, perfect for fans of The Paper Palace, Claire Lombardo and Coco Mellors.
The Irish Goodbye has it all: a lovable cast of complex characters; forbidden affairs; a stately, crumbling beach house; a doomed sailboat; long-suppressed family secrets; and one pressure-cooker of a holiday weekendAbove all, this finely-crafted novel explores what it means to be a family, and what we owe each other and ourselves -- Amy Shearn, author of The Mermaid of Brooklyn
A sparkling debut, The Irish Goodbye is a rich, compassionate novel about sisterhood, marriage, grief, and forgiveness -- Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street
The family saga we all need – utterly un-put downable, beautifully drawn, thrilling and heartfelt at once and totally not to be missed. Heather Aimee O'Neill has arrived with gorgeous skills and a keen eye for what drives families apart, and brings them together, too -- Jessica Soffer, New York Times bestselling author of This Is a Love Story
Lovingly rendered and acutely felt, The Irish Goodbye takes the reader into the aching, complicated nooks and crannies of a single family trying to find their way back to one another, even as none is sure they have hold of themselves. A beautiful and moving debut -- Lynn Steger Strong, author of The Float Test
Emotionally gripping and achingly poignant, The Irish Goodbye is about the secrets we keep from our families and from ourselves. In the Ryans, Heather Aimee O’Neill has created a family that, despite its glimmering specificity, could very well be our own. Mesmerizing -- Daisy Alpert Florin, author My Last Innocent Year
I picked up The Irish Goodbye one morning and finished it later that night, unable to do anything else until I got to the end. These characters captured my heart, and I got lost in this family weekend full of secrets, resentment, and emotional landmines. Heather Aimee O’Neill has written a beautiful debut about family, grief, love, and loss -- Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups
A sparkling debut, The Irish Goodbye is a rich, compassionate novel about sisterhood, marriage, grief, and forgiveness -- Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street
The family saga we all need – utterly un-put downable, beautifully drawn, thrilling and heartfelt at once and totally not to be missed. Heather Aimee O'Neill has arrived with gorgeous skills and a keen eye for what drives families apart, and brings them together, too -- Jessica Soffer, New York Times bestselling author of This Is a Love Story
Lovingly rendered and acutely felt, The Irish Goodbye takes the reader into the aching, complicated nooks and crannies of a single family trying to find their way back to one another, even as none is sure they have hold of themselves. A beautiful and moving debut -- Lynn Steger Strong, author of The Float Test
Emotionally gripping and achingly poignant, The Irish Goodbye is about the secrets we keep from our families and from ourselves. In the Ryans, Heather Aimee O’Neill has created a family that, despite its glimmering specificity, could very well be our own. Mesmerizing -- Daisy Alpert Florin, author My Last Innocent Year
I picked up The Irish Goodbye one morning and finished it later that night, unable to do anything else until I got to the end. These characters captured my heart, and I got lost in this family weekend full of secrets, resentment, and emotional landmines. Heather Aimee O’Neill has written a beautiful debut about family, grief, love, and loss -- Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups
Heather Aimee O'Neill teaches creative writing at CUNY Hunter College of New York and is the assistant director of the Sackett Street Writers' Workshop. She is the author of the poetry collection Obliterations (Red Hen Press / co-authored with Jessica Piazza) and the poetry chapbook Memory Future (winner of the Gold Line Press Award). She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their sons. The Irish Goodbye is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781035074563 |
| ISBN 10 | 1035074567 |
| Title | The Irish Goodbye |
| Author | Heather Aimee O'neill |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2026-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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