Brooklyn [electronic resource]
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-2015
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"The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long
time" Guardian, Books of the Year
Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village,
but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical
nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Yet
her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, Father
Flood. Via a church contact, he arranges for Eilis to travel to America where a
job opportunity has arisen in New York with a reputable "merchant of Italian
origin".
Eilis finds lodgings in an eccentric boarding house and ekes out an existence in
the cosmopolitan melting pot that is 1950s Brooklyn, impressing her employer,
outwitting her landlady, and even falling in love. It seems her dream is truly
becoming a reality. But then fate inter...
Main title:
Brooklyn [electronic resource] / Colm Toibin
Author:
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-, Author
Imprint:
Sydney : Picador Australia, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743539415
Language:
English
BRN:
428337
Electronic access:
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