Born in 1941 in Queens and raised by alcoholic Irish immigrant parents, Eileen Tumulty dreams of better life and she thinks she's found the perfect partner in a promising research scientist, but Eileen quickly discovers Ed doesn't aspire to the same American Dream and later it becomes clear that his growing reluctance is part of a deeper psychological shift.
year: 2014
call number/section: 1000
subjects: irish americans, queens (new york, n.y.), history, 20th century, fiction, american dream, fiction / literary, fiction / sagas, fiction / general, queens (new york, n.y.), history, 20th century, fiction