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The Story
Eilis Lacey is a young Irish woman who has finished school, shows great promise, but like many, she can find no meaningful employment in post-World War II-era Ireland. So, with the help of her siblings, she leaves her beloved sister and her widowed mother behind and moves to America–to Brooklyn for a job in a department store and the chance to “better herself.”
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I had to laugh as I read this one, remembering the little brother in the oft-shown clip from the movie of the little ...more
Eilis Lacey is a young Irish woman who has finished school, shows great promise, but like many, she can find no meaningful employment in post-World War II-era Ireland. So, with the help of her siblings, she leaves her beloved sister and her widowed mother behind and moves to America–to Brooklyn for a job in a department store and the chance to “better herself.”
My Thoughts
I had to laugh as I read this one, remembering the little brother in the oft-shown clip from the movie of the little ...more
Liked it, though I think I liked the movie even better. Listened to on my iPhone; borrowed from the library.
Jan 14, 2013
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