a novel Tóibín, Colm 1955- creator author. text Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. Bildungsromans. Love stories. Fiction. History. nyu 2015 Scribner trade paperback edition. monographic eng

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262 pages, 18 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving behind her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life -- and finally, she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy -- not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn Colm Tóibín. First published in hardcover by the same publisher in 2009 Includes a preview of Colm Toibin's novel Nora Webster Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Winner of Costa Book Award, 2009 n-us-ny e-ie--- Irish United States Fiction Women immigrants Fiction Irish Women immigrants Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction Ireland History 20th century Fiction Ireland New York (State) New York Brooklyn United States PR6070.O455 B76 2015 9781501106477 1501106473 YDXCP 141107 20240529154027.0 zminfo b47576 eng