We Are Not Ourselves (82 page)
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Authors: Matthew Thomas
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Interior design by Nancy Singer
Jacket design by Christopher Lin
Jacket photographs: houses © Kim Sohee/ Getty Images; sky © Mark Owen / Arcangel Images
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thomas, Matthew.
We are not ourselves : a novel / Matthew Thomas.
page cm.
1. Irish Americans—Queens (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century—Fiction. 2. Ireland—Emigration and immigration—History—Fiction. 3. Queens (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century—Fiction. 4. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3620.H63513W4 2014
813'.6—dc23
2013044414
ISBN 978-1-4767-5666-0
ISBN 978-1-4767-5668-4 (ebook)
Contents
Part I: Days under Sun and Rain
Part III: Breathe the Rich Air
Part IV: Level, Solid, Square and True
Part V: Desire Is Full of Endless Distances
