Nora Webster

Nora Webster is a historical novel by Colm Tóibín, published October 7, 2014 by Scribner. The story is set in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, and in Brooklyn, New York in the middle of the 20th century.

Reception
Nora Webster is a New York Times best seller.

The book received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, as well as positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and Shelf Awareness.

Kirkus called Nora Webster "[a] novel of mourning, healing and awakening," noting that "its plainspoken eloquence never succumbs to the sentimentality its heroine would reject."

The audiobook, narrated by Fiona Shaw, received positive reviews from Booklist and Library Journal.

Kirkus Reviews named Nora Webster one of the best fiction novels of the year.