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The Irish Goodbye
by Heather Aimee O'Neill

Heather Aimee O'Neill's The Irish Goodbye gathers three sisters back home on N.Y.'s Long Island for the first time in many years. It's been decades since a tragic accident claimed the life of a friend, which snowballed into family bankruptcy and, ultimately, their brother's suicide. Each sister is facing her own crossroads, and their longstanding grief and resentments come to a head in this debut that has "everything you want from a beach read in terms of how absorbing and easy to read it is, but it goes deeper and is a bit more emotionally challenging and thought-provoking," says Serena Jones, v-p and executive editor at Holt. Propulsive and thoughtful, The Irish Goodbye is a heartfelt portrayal of how families both harm and heal. --Kristen Coates

(Holt, $28.99 hardcover, 9781250408150, September 30, 2025)

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