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Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Hardcover, 2009)
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First edition, first impression. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Unclipped, unfaded dustjacket shows only light shelf wear with a little creasing to the top edge, but is very close to fine condition.
- Buy it nowBrooklyn - Colm Tóibín. Viking 2009, 1st Edition/1st Print
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In a small town in the south-east of Ireland in the 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. So when a job is offered in America, it is clear that she must go. Leaving her family and home, Eilis sets off to forge a new life for herself in Brooklyn. Young, homesick and alone, she gradually buries the pain of parting beneath the rhythms of a new life - days at the till in a large department store, night classes in Brooklyn College and Friday evenings on the dance floor of the parish hall - until she realizes that she has found a sort of happiness. But when tragic news summons her back to Ireland, and the constrictions of her old life unexpectedly give way to new possibilities, she finds herself facing a terrible choice: between love and happiness in the land where she belongs and the promises she must keep on the far side of the ocean. Brooklyn is a tender story of great love and loss, and of the heartbreaking choice between personal freedom and duty. In the character of Eilis Lacey Colm Toibin has created a remarkable heroine and in Brooklyn a novel of devastating emotional power.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780670918126
eBay Product ID (ePID)87945673
Product Key Features
Book TitleBrooklyn
AuthorColm Toibin
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicTrue Stories, Books
Publication Year2009
GenreRomance, Historical
Number of Pages256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight484g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorColm Toibin
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 02 Mar, 2017
Brooklyn
I have read and reread the book, it paints in fine detail the lives of the people. Purchased as a present for a friend of Irish lineage she loved the book, have recommended the DVD if only for a nostalgic memory of the 1950's clothes.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Jan, 2021
Worth the money
A good, easy and compelling read. Very relevant to Ireland's history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Feb, 2019
Reliving
Watched the film recently am reliving it in the book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
