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Brooklyn colm toibin book6/4/2023 ![]() There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. 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.Īrriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. ![]() Colm Toibin's Brooklyn is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. Colm Tibns Brooklyn, about a young Irish woman coming to New York in 1952, is one of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their. ![]()
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