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Jun 12, 2017
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Eilis can't find work in Ireland, but, sponsored by a priest, she comes to America. Exhilaration...homesickness...jealousies...frustrations...Eilis shares all of these parts of the immigration experience with us, the readers. It's a poignant story and, most importantly, it feels very, very true.
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So disappointed. This was a nice story about a young woman immigrating from Ireland to the USA. Then after investing hours listening to the audiobook there was a graphically described sex scene in chapter six and I sure did not need or want to read that.
Why do authors do this to their novels? It is just porn. Publishers should warn us when there's this kind of content that a lot of us consider unacceptable in our fiction.
I had to DNF this book in chapter six and will never again read a Colm Toi ...more
Why do authors do this to their novels? It is just porn. Publishers should warn us when there's this kind of content that a lot of us consider unacceptable in our fiction.
I had to DNF this book in chapter six and will never again read a Colm Toi ...more
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
an unexpected charming read
I did not know much about this book as I was reading it bc my book club will be reading Long Island. I was pleasantly surprised by home much I enjoyed the story. It was interesting to read about the Irish immigrants in Brooklyn. The perspective in Ireland was also intriguing. I am looking forward to reading about Eilis and her future
I did not know much about this book as I was reading it bc my book club will be reading Long Island. I was pleasantly surprised by home much I enjoyed the story. It was interesting to read about the Irish immigrants in Brooklyn. The perspective in Ireland was also intriguing. I am looking forward to reading about Eilis and her future
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