The Irish writer Colm Tóibín records in his novels what people experience on a relational level. They fall in love, get married (or not), have children, run away, come back, choose yes or no. In Big IslandAn Irish woman is changed by the emotional pressure of her Italian in-laws Big Island for a new love adventure in Ireland.
Eilis has been married to Toni, originally from Italy, for twenty years when she discovers that he has had a child with another married woman. That woman’s husband refuses to accept the fetus and threatens to give it to Toni and Eilis. As far as he’s concerned, they’ll take care of the baby.
