Nora

A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce

By: Nuala O'Connor

acclaimed irish novelist nuala o’connor’s bold reimagining of the life of james joyce’s wife, muse, and the model for molly bloom in ulysses is a “lively and loving paean to the indomitable nora barnacle” (edna o’brien).dublin, 1904. nora joseph barnacle is a twenty-year-old from galway working as a maid at finn’s hotel. she enjoys the liveliness of her adopted city and on june 16—bloomsday—her...