Author Heather Aimee O’Neill

Author Carol Hoenig will be in conversation with Heather Aimee O’Neill for her debut novel The Irish Goodbye, which is about three sisters returning to their family home on the shores of Eastern Long Island for Thanksgiving, each carrying lingering grief and guilt over their brother’s tragic death years earlier. When an unexpected guest from their past arrives, long-buried secrets and resentments resurface—and threaten to shatter their fragile reunion. O’Neill is the author of two poetry collections: Memory Future (winner of the University of Southern California’s Gold Line Press Award) and Obliterations (co-authored with Jessica Piazza, published by Red Hen). She lives in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, with her beautiful wife, two sons, and—she hopes, one day—a dog. Books will be available for sale.