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It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
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Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- Brooklyn
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Colm Tóibín
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0241972701
- ISBN13
- 9780241972700
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Women, USA, Life, New York, Young Adult Romance, Ireland, America, Teens, Irish Literature, Home, Migration, Emigration, 1950s, Emancipation, Exile, Brooklyn
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- Brooklyn
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.