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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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- Paperback | 272 pages
- 129 x 198 x 17mm | 191g
- 22 Oct 2015
- Penguin Books Ltd
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- Media tie-in
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- 0241972701
- 9780241972700
- 718
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About Colm Toibin
Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of eight novels including Blackwater Lightship, The Master and The Testament of Mary, all three of which were nominated for the Booker Prize, with The Master also winning the IMPAC Award, and Brooklyn, which won the Costa Novel Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. His most recent novel is Nora Webster. He lives in Dublin.
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The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time -- Zoe Heller Guardian, Books of the Year A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life -- Ali Smith TLS, Books of the Year Suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted ... a novel of magnificent accomplishment -- Peter Kemp Sunday Times, Novel of the Year With this elating and humane novel, Colm Toibin has produced a masterwork Sunday Times Brooklyn moved me more than any other book this year -- Nicholas Hytner Observer, Books of the Year A beautifully crafted work that transformed ordinary lives into something extraordinary Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year No book this year gave me greater pleasure -- Nell Freudenberger Financial Times Not a sentence or a thought out of place. It takes over as his finest ficiton to date Irish Times Remarkable freshness and immediacy ... with a lovely comedic lightness Daily Mail A lovely, thoughtful book ... alive with authentic detail, moved along by the ripples of affection and doubt that shape any life: a novel that offers the reader serious pleasure Daily Telegraph Tremendously moving and powerful New Statesman Full of sly fun, lovely comic observation and an almost tangible pleasure in storytelling Observer Refreshingly authentic ... Eilis is so vivid it's difficult to believe she did not actually exist Financial Times
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