"My marriage started as a lie. But some lies are worth telling. My father's dying wish was to walk me down the aisle, and I'd do anything for him. Even marry a man I don't love. So when my fiance jilts me only days before the ceremony, I turn to my college friend, Oliver Parkerson, and convince him to marry me. My family hasn't met either man, so I'm confident we can pull this off. But the feelings, our touches, the way my heart beats for him... none...

"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family that lives and works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to the town...