Brooklyn
- Author Colm Toibin
- Narrator Niamh Cusack
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 8 hours and 36 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Historical romance, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place.
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What to expect
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, read by Niamh Cusack.
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.
Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. She is far from home - and homesick. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
Critics Review
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With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork
Sunday Times -
The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time
Guardian, Books of the Year -
A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life
TLS, Books of the Year -
Suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted … a novel of magnificent accomplishment
Sunday Times, Novel of the Year -
Brooklyn moved me more than any other book this year
Observer, Books of the Year -
A beautifully crafted work that transformed ordinary lives into something extraordinary
Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
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