Penguin Books Brooklyn

Product description

Isbn: 9780141041742

author: colm toibin

publisher: penguin books uk

language: english

binding: paperback

summary: 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 at a crowded boarding house in brooklyn, eilis can't help but be reminded of what she has sacrificed.

she is far from home - and homesick. And just as she tentatively takes steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, eilis receives news that sends her back to ireland.

there she will be faced with a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.

"with this exhilarating and humane novel, colm tóibín has produced a masterpiece." – sunday times "unforgettable." – spectator "the most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman i have read in a long time." – zoë heller, guardian "magnificent." – sunday telegraph the book that inspired the major motion picture starring saoirse ronan.

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