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Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín
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Description for Brooklyn
Paperback. 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, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
A devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. Fall in love with Brooklyn ahead of its bestselling follow-up, Long Island.
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, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.
Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. She is far ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141041742
SKU
9780141041742
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-15
About Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and ... Read more
Reviews for Brooklyn
With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork
Sunday Times
The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time
Zoë Heller
Guardian, Books of the Year
A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life
Ali Smith ... Read more
Sunday Times
The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time
Zoë Heller
Guardian, Books of the Year
A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life
Ali Smith ... Read more