Nora Webster

{{Infobox book | name = Nora Webster | publisher = Scribner | oclc = | isbn = 9781439138335 | awards = | pages = | media_type = Print (hardcover, paperback) | pub_date = October 7, 2014 | genre = Novel | image = Nora Webster.jpg | series = | language = English | country = Ireland | cover_artist = | author = Colm Tóibín | caption = | congress = }} '''''Nora Webster''''' is a historical novel by Colm Tóibín, published October 7, 2014 by Scribner. The story is set in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland in the middle of the 20th century.

== Reception == ''Nora Webster'' is a ''New York Times'' best seller.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2014-08-07|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colm-toibin/nora-webster/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref>

The book received starred reviews from ''Kirkus Reviews''<ref name=":0"/> and ''Booklist'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hooper|first=Brad|date=August 2014|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Nora-Webster-Colm-Toibin/pid=6904393|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Booklist}}</ref> as well as positive reviews from ''Publishers Weekly''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín. Scribner, $27 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3833-5|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4391-3833-5|access-date=2022-01-07|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref> and ''Shelf Awareness.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Krocker McKeon|first=Cheryl|date=2014-10-21|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=343|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref>

''Kirkus'' called ''Nora Webster'' "[a] novel of mourning, healing and awakening," noting that "its plainspoken eloquence never succumbs to the sentimentality its heroine would reject."<ref name=":0"/>

The audiobook, narrated by Fiona Shaw, received positive reviews from ''Booklist''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-01|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Nora-Webster-/pid=7153161|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Booklist}}</ref> and ''Library Journal.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knapp|first=Mary|date=2015-01-01|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/nora-webster|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Library Journal}}</ref>

''Kirkus Reviews'' named ''Nora Webster'' one of the best fiction novels of the year.<ref name=":0"/> {| class="wikitable" |+Awards for ''Nora Webster'' !Year !Award !Result !Ref. |- | rowspan="3" |2014 |Booklist Editors' Choice for Adult Fiction |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-01|title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2014|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=7273260|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Booklist}}</ref> |- |Costa Book Award for Novel |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2014-11-18|title=Costa 2014 book awards shortlist includes first novel by ex-Mormon|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/18/costa-2014-book-awards-shortlist-carys-bray-ali-smith-colm-toibin|access-date=2022-01-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> |- |Eason Novel of the Year |Shortlist |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sussler|first=Betsy|date=2014-11-03|title=Awards: Irish Book; Banff Mountain|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2377|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2015 |Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction |Shortlist |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ott|first=Bill|date=2015-04-06|title=Shortlist Announced for the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Fiction and Nonfiction|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7486500|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Booklist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Morales|first=Macey|date=2015-04-08|title=ALA unveils shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction|url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/04/ala-unveils-shortlist-2015-andrew-carnegie-medals-excellence-fiction-and|access-date=2022-01-07|website=American Library Association|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-27|title=BEA 2015: Shortlist for the Carnegie Medals|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bea/article/66862-bea-2015-shortlist-for-the-carnegie-medals.html|access-date=2022-01-07|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref> |- |Folio Prize |Shortlist |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2015-03-23|title=Akhil Sharma wins Folio prize for fiction|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/23/akhil-sharma-wins-folio-prize-fiction-family-life|access-date=2022-01-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> |- |Hawthornden Prize |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-23|title=Colm Tóibín scoops Hawthornden Literature Prize|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2015/0723/716571-colm-toibin-wins-hawthornden-prize/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=RTE}}</ref> |- |2016 |Europese Literatuurprijs |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nora Webster|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412360-nora-webster?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WmGZzCOmTh&rank=1|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Goodreads| isbn=978-1-4391-3833-5 }}</ref> |}

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:2014 Irish novels Category:Novels set in Ireland Category:Novels set in the 1960s Category:Charles Scribner's Sons books