Stay

"Abbey left her ailing father in Canada to move to Ireland where she ends up with another nearly-broken man, Dermot Fay. The novel follows both Abbey and Dermot as they make sense of their individual lives, the choices they have made, and the options before them."@en
"Stay follows Abbey, a young woman from Canada now living in a village outside Galway. She falls in love with Dermot, an older Irish man, in an unconventional, affectionate but troubled relationship. The extraordinary skill of Stay lies in its unsentimental depiction of modern Ireland. The inhabitants of Dermot's village form a riotous and poignant chorus, commenting on their rapidly changing world with wit and insight. Here is a beautiful, funny and richly rewarding novel about history and obligation, and above all, the meaning of human connection in a land poised uneasily between past and present."