We are not ourselves
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781476756660 (hbk.), 147675666X (hbk.), 9781476756677 (trade paper), 1476756678 (trade paper)
Physical Desc
620 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Jefferson Township Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION THO
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FICTION THO
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781476756660 (hbk.), 147675666X (hbk.), 9781476756677 (trade paper), 1476756678 (trade paper)
Notes
General Note
"A novel"--Jacket.
Description
Born in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on whether guests are over and how much alcohol has been consumed. When Eileen meets Ed Leary, a scientist whose bearing is nothing like those of the men she grew up with, she thinks she's found the perfect partner to deliver her to the cosmopolitan world she longs to inhabit. They marry, and Eileen quickly discovers Ed doesn't aspire to the same, ever bigger, stakes in the American Dream. Eileen encourages her husband to want more: a better job, better friends, a better house, but as years pass it becomes clear that his growing reluctance is part of a deeper psychological shift. An inescapable darkness enters their lives, and Eileen and Ed and their son Connell try desperately to hold together a semblance of the reality they have known, and to preserve, against long odds, an idea they have cherished of the future. Through the Learys, Thomas charts the story of the American Century, particularly the promise of domestic bliss and economic prosperity that captured hearts and minds after WWII.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Jefferson Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION THO | Available |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION THOMAS | Available |
Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Fiction | Fic Thomas, Matthew | Available |
Butler Library - Adult Fiction | FIC THOMAS | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction | FIC THOMAS | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction | FIC THOMAS | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adult children of alcoholics -- Fiction.
Ambition -- Fiction.
American Dream -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Fiction.
Irish Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Marital conflict -- Fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Scientists -- Fiction.
Ambition -- Fiction.
American Dream -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Fiction.
Irish Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Marital conflict -- Fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Scientists -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thomas, M. (2014). We are not ourselves (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thomas, Matthew, 1975-. 2014. We Are Not Ourselves. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thomas, Matthew, 1975-. We Are Not Ourselves Simon & Schuster, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thomas, Matthew. We Are Not Ourselves First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2014.
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