What an epic. I truly enjoyed this sometimes funny but mostly heartbreaking tale about Cyril Avery, a boy born in 1940s Ireland, adopted as a baby, and gay. The novel spans from his birth mother's arrival in Dublin, pregnant, to present day in Cyril's life. I loved all the characters and the warmth that eventually radiates from the novel, though it goes to such dark places between.

The Irish narrator of the audiobook was fantastic, as well. Highly recommend!