Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
Brooklyn : a novel / Colm Tóibín. - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - 262 p.; 22 cm.
Eilis Lacey takes advantage of a sponsorship that will allow her to escape the troubled economy of Ireland and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood, and after leaving her family behind, Eilis gets a job in a department store and falls in love with Tony, a man with a big Italian family, but the serendipity of her new life is shattered by bad news from Ireland.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781439138311 (trade) 1439138311 (trade) 9781439148952 (pbk.) 1439148953
2009001548
Irish--United States--Fiction.
Women immigrants--Fiction.
Irish Americans--Fiction.
Women immigrants--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Ireland--History--20th century--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--Fiction.
Ireland--History--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.
PR6070.O455 / B76 2009
823/.914 [Fic]
Brooklyn : a novel / Colm Tóibín. - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - 262 p.; 22 cm.
Eilis Lacey takes advantage of a sponsorship that will allow her to escape the troubled economy of Ireland and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood, and after leaving her family behind, Eilis gets a job in a department store and falls in love with Tony, a man with a big Italian family, but the serendipity of her new life is shattered by bad news from Ireland.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781439138311 (trade) 1439138311 (trade) 9781439148952 (pbk.) 1439148953
2009001548
Irish--United States--Fiction.
Women immigrants--Fiction.
Irish Americans--Fiction.
Women immigrants--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Ireland--History--20th century--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--Fiction.
Ireland--History--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.
PR6070.O455 / B76 2009
823/.914 [Fic]