Nora Webster by Colm Toibin ***

I could only give this 3 stars, despite what the critics said. It was a story of a grieving widow, and I recognized Nora's struggle to adjust to a new life, but the story didn't seem to go anywhere. Even when her daughter goes missing, Nora carries on pretty much  as usual- I expected more emotion from her. Anyway, I'm going to try and copy a review of the novel from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/books/review/nora-webster-by-colm-toibin.html

It worked!