false 4954833 12 It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady’s intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation.<br><br>Slowly, however, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life — until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy, not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn.<br><br>In the quiet character of Eilis Lacey, Colm Tóibín has created one of fiction’s most memorable heroines and in <b>Brooklyn</b>, a luminous novel of devastating power. Tóibín demonstrates once again his astonishing range and that he is a true master of nuanced prose, emotional depth, and narrative virtuosity. 5020624 5 5 2009 Brooklyn: A Novel total:994|5:173|4:418|3:306|2:81|1:16| 994 3633 2263 357 4 4 false false Mon Mar 30 15:32:42 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 05:28:20 -0700 2009
"Brooklyn" tells the story of Eilis Lacey, an Irish girl from a small vi...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 01 10:25:41 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:25:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 17:43:18 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 18:00:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:45:37 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:47:27 -0700 2009
A book set in southeast Ireland in a village in the 1950’s. The Lacey family, Rose with a job in Ireland, three brothers in England with industrial jobs, and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 08:49:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 08:50:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 14:55:02 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:04:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:09:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:09:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 00:11:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 00:11:08 -0700 2009
This is the case with the protagonist of Irish journalist and author Colm Toibin's sixth...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:07:07 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:28:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 16:01:52 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 08:22:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 18:28:03 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:02:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:37:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 04:13:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false true Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 10:52:24 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:31:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 21:45:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:30:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 07:53:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:14:04 -0700 2009
And perhaps, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Oct 06 20:25:18 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 20:25:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 11:23:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:51:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 07:23:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:14:12 -0700 2009 At first, Brooklyn may seem like a weaving together of the traditional, even stereotypical, threads of an immigrant story, a 1950s love story, and a tale of a woman's struggle for independence. But, critics soon discovered, the novel is so much more. Perhaps Toibin's greatest feat is his sensitive, ...

more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:53:13 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:30:23 -0700 2009 www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive/... I was disappointed in myself that I had not read any of the books on the list. I decided to start with Brooklyn as I truly enjoyed Toibin's fictional biography of Henry James, The Mas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 20:28:12 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 20:34:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4954833