The heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today. It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, with her 4 children, trying to rebuild her life after her husband's death, but is trapped by her circumstances. Slowly, through the gift of music and the power of friendship, she finds a glimmer of hope. As the dynamic of the family changes, she seems both fiercely self-possessed but also a figure of great moral ambiguity making her one of the most memorable heroines in contemporary fiction.