Nora Webster
{{short description|2014 novel by Colm Tóibín}}
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| name = Nora Webster
| publisher = Scribner
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| isbn = 9781439138335
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| media_type = Print (hardcover, paperback)
| pub_date = October 7, 2014
| genre = Novel
| image = Nora Webster.jpg
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| language = English
| country = Ireland
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| author = Colm Tóibín
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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.{{Cite web|date=2014-08-07|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colm-toibin/nora-webster/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Kirkus Reviews}}
On The Omnivore, in an aggregation of British press reviews, the book received an "omniscore" of 4.0 out of 5.{{Cite web |title=Nora Webster by Colm Toibin|url=http://www.theomnivore.com/nora-webster-by-colm-toibin/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=The Omnivore}} On Bookmarks January/February 2015 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a {{rating|4|5}} (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Nora Webster is a subtle meditation on grief, home, family, and memory by an internationally respected writer at the peak of his craft--a meditation in prose that is curiously flat and seemingly empty but that reflects, with perfect clarity, the fullness of life".{{Cite web |title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Nora+Webster.-a0434294564|access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Bookmarks}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.bibliosurf.com/Nora-Webster.html|access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Bibliosurf |language=fr}}
The book received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist,{{Cite web|last=Hooper|first=Brad|date=August 2014|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Nora-Webster-Colm-Toibin/pid=6904393|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Booklist}} as well as positive reviews from Publishers Weekly{{Cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín. Scribner, $27 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3833-5|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4391-3833-5|access-date=2022-01-07|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}} and Shelf Awareness.{{Cite web|last=Krocker McKeon|first=Cheryl|date=2014-10-21|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=343|access-date=2022-01-07|website=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{{Cite web|date=2015-04-01|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Nora-Webster-/pid=7153161|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Booklist}} and Library Journal.{{Cite web|last=Knapp|first=Mary|date=2015-01-01|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/nora-webster|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Library Journal}}
Kirkus Reviews named Nora Webster one of the best fiction novels of the year.
References
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Category:Novels set in Ireland
Category:Novels set in the 1960s
Category:Charles Scribner's Sons books
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