*One Dublin One Book choice for 2022**Shortlisted for an Irish Book Award 2021*In sensuous, resonant prose, Nuala O’Connor has conjured the definitive portrait of this strong, passionate and loyal Irishwoman. Nora is a tour de force, an earthy and authentic love letter to Irish literature’s greatest muse.
Acclaimed Irish novelist O'Connor's bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce's wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses is a "lively and loving paean to the indomitable Nora Barnacle" (Edna O'Brien)
The Dickinson household is saved from domestic chaos with the arrival of Ada Concannon, a neat little Irish person, fresh off the boat.