Carpe Librum Book Club -- The Irish Goodbye

Join the Carpe Librum Book Club in reading its November selection, The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill!

It's been years since all three of the Ryan sisters—Cait, Alice, and Maggie—came back to celebrate a holiday in their childhood home on Long Island, but with their parents getting older, they all return home for a Thanksgiving gathering. Though eager to reconnect with one another, tensions are high and drama is expected to unfold throughout the holiday weekend. Each sister is carrying a big secret related to a tragic boating accident from their youth, in which a close family friend died, their parents nearly went bankrupt from legal fees, and their eldest brother ended up taking his life in the aftermath. When old tensions and new truths start coming to light, will the family find a way to band together in the spirit of the season? In the style of Mary Beth Keene and Catherine Newman, O'Neill's debut novel is beautifully written story about unresolved grief, loss, regrets, and forgiveness.

Carpe Librum is our adult fiction book club. The club usually meets on the first Thursday of the month and reads from a wide variety of genres. New members are always welcome to join the discussions, whether they attend every month or just when the title catches their eye. Email Kelly at kmckewin [at] rgpl.org (kmckewin[at]rgpl[dot]org) if you'd like to be added to the book club's emailing list.

Regular and large print copies of the book will be available for check out at the library's circulation desk beginning on October 1.