This book completely captured my attention, which is surprising, as it's not exactly a page turner. It's a detailed look inside a woman finding herself after the death of her husband. Toibin writes with the kind of clarity and patience I'd worry would bore readers. But he's so good and he must know it. He isn't worried about scaring you away. He had me hanging onto every page, so curious to see what would happen to Nora next. I have no idea how he crawled inside the mind of a woman so perfectly. This was one of those books that, when I was done, I thought, "wait! that's it? I want more." I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing.