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We Are Not Ourselves is a 2014 debut novel by Matthew Thomas that follows three generations of an Irish-American family in Queens, focusing on Eileen Tumulty and her pursuit of the American Dream. The story explores the family's triumphs and disappointments over 60 years, with a central plotline involving Eileen's husband's slow mental decline due to early-onset Alzheimer's, and her resilience in caring for him. The title comes from Shakespeare's King Lear, reflecting the novel's themes of the mind being oppressed by the body, and is praised as a gripping family saga.
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