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Brooklyn

Tóibín, Colm, 1955- Book on CD - 2009 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.8 out of 5

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Read by Kirsten Potter.
Eilis Lacey is unable to find a job in Ireland in the years following World War II. An Irish priest from Brooklyn, New York offers to sponser her to live an work in America, so she decides she must go leaving her mother and sister behind. She adapts to her new life by working in a department store and the pain of parting has subsided until she receives devastating news from home that threatens the promise of her future.

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PUBLISHED
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 6 sound discs (450 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781433291883
1433291886

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Potter, Kirsten.

SUBJECTS
Irish -- United States -- Fiction.
Women immigrants -- Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Ireland -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.