1960s. Ireland, the town of Enniscorthy - the same one from where Eilis, the heroine of Colm Toibin’s previous novel “Brooklyn,” left for America. Quiet, measured, old-fashioned life against the backdrop of civil strife brewing in neighboring Northern Ireland. Nora Webster has recently become a widow; she needs to get used to her new life, cope with financial and domestic difficulties, and raise her sons alone. The ordinary life of an ordinary woman, who has long lost her individuality in the shadow of her husband, who has forgotten what dreams are. In this quiet, subtle novel, like in “Brooklyn,” not much happens at first glance, and at the same time it is full of tension, even passion. How full of them is Nora, who learns to be alone, learns to be herself, sometimes irritating and even shocking the conservative Irish outback. Nora Webster is a masterfully detailed, subtle, intimate story of the life of an Irish family. Tóibín has woven an intricate tapestry of little Ireland, a town where everyone knows everyone, where goodwill can turn into drama. Nora Webster is one of the most memorable female characters in modern literature, evoking the heroines of Henrik Ibsen.