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Brooklyn the iconic classic Read by the star of the Oscar and BAFTAnominated film adaptation Saoirse Ronan

The classic novel that inspired the major motion picture
The prequel to Colm Tibns bestselling novel Long Island

In a small town in 1950s Ireland Eilis Lacey is one among many women of her generation who cannot find work at home So when a job is offered in America she knows she must leave

Arriving alone at a noisy boarding house in Brooklyn Eilis can only be reminded of what she has left behind She is far from home and homesick And just as she begins to find a new way of living and the possibility of companionship Eilis receives tragic news which sends her back to Ireland

There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma between love and happiness in the land where she belongs and the promises she must keep on the far side of the ocean

With this elating and humane novel Colm Tibn has produced a masterwork Sunday Times

Magnificent Sunday Telegraph