Description
Brooklyn is the first novel in Colm Tóibín’s Eilis Lacey series, a quietly devastating story of emigration, identity, and impossible choices. Set in early 1950s Ireland and New York, the novel follows young Eilis Lacey as she leaves her small Irish town for Brooklyn, sponsored by a priest who promises familiarity in a foreign land. As Eilis builds a new life working in a department store and falls in love with Tony, an Italian-American plumber, she begins to feel the pull between duty and desire. When tragedy draws her back to Ireland, Eilis must confront a decision that will define her future — and reveal the true cost of belonging.
