Format:Hardcover
Leaving her home in post-World War II Ireland to work as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey discovers a new romance in America with a charming blond Italian man before devastating news threatens her happiness.
Historical Fiction
262 pages • Hardcover
First published September 30, 1934
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3.9
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
By Colm Toibin
Leaving her home in post-World War II Ireland to work as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey discovers a new romance in America with a charming blond Italian man before devastating news threatens her happiness.
Historical Fiction
262 pages • Hardcover
First published September 30, 1934
Popular Reviews(3)
3.9(14 ratings)
Reviewed by NayeliFirst of Toibin’s books I read. Very good, is a very simple story but keeps you interested. Very real portrait of the Irish experience migrating to America.
Reviewed by Simon CheungZuhause ist Zuhause!!!
Reviewed by BennoExtremely well written. A joy to to read it!