This is a book that has been on my shelf for a while and finally got around to reading it. Story of an Irish family in New York from during WWII to the mid '70s. After the war Billy & Dennis met two Irish sisters and Billy fell in love to Eva but she was returning to Ireland. Billy gives her a ring and gets a loan from a local and sends money so she can return to New York. The other sister was working as nanny and lets Dennis know that Eva is not returning she is marrying a guy in Ireland. Dennis decides to not tell Billy this and instead tells him Eva died in a car crash. Billy was already a drinker so not sure if this made worse or not but becomes full fledge alcoholic but does marry a local gal, whose father was also an alcoholic. Story bounces along but Billy does find out 40 years later on his trip to Ireland--why Dennis doesn't tell him the truth before this trip, I have no idea. Basically Billy's life is written and dies from his alcoholism. This is an award winning book but not for me, didn't really like the characters or much of the story.
There are like 90 some copies on PBS so this will be a give away book for me.
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