Heather Aimee O’Neill

In her debut novel, “The Irish Goodbye,” poet and writing coach Heather Aimee O’Neill tells the story of three sisters grappling with a tragedy that occurred twenty years earlier. Set on Long Island, the novel begins with three sisters – Cait, Alice, and Maggie – who return home for Thanksgiving after several years apart. During the visit, Cait decides to invite someone from their past, causing old issues to resurface that the family must now work through. Meanwhile, the other sisters carry their own struggles, with Alice dealing with an unplanned pregnancy and Maggie facing the challenge of introducing her new girlfriend to her devout Catholic mother.