We Are Not Ourselves

Born in 1941 in Woodside, Queens, Eileen Tumulty is raised playing caretaker to her drinking Irish parents and dreaming ofieena better life away from her turbulent upbringing. When Eileen marries Ed Leary, a handsome and serious scientist unlike any man she grew up with, she believes he'll deliver her to the cosmopolitan existence she desires. But Eileen quickly discovers Ed doesn't aspire to the same, ever bigger stakes in the American Dream. Through the years, Eileen's determination to better their lot never wavers, but just when her goal of a house in the suburbs is within reach, the family is dealt a devastating blow that may rob them of any future at all. Matthew Thomas, 2015 Paperback, Very Good 636 pages 660g 23 x 15.5 x 3.2 cm