Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

[Lindach]

Colm Toibin's novel is set in Ireland and Brooklyn in the early 1950s. "Brooklyn" tells the story of Eilis Lacey who is forced,due to the lack of opportunity in post WW2 Ireland, to move to Brooklyn to find a new life when she is sponsored by priest Father Flood a former resident of her home town of Enniscorthy. Eilis battles homesickness and loneliness and is forced to make some very difficult decisions. The novel is beautifully written with wonderful characters.

[Jane B]

I enjoyed this book. As Linda says, the book is beautifully written and I found it quite moving. It was a much better book than Blackwater Lightship and I'm glad I gave Colm Toibin another chance.