Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, fiction, 262 pages.
Our book discussion choice for later this month. In 1951 Eilis Lacey, is convinced to leave Ireland and settle in Brooklyn by her mother and older sister. She is able to begin to make a life for herself, learning bookkeeping and finding love, but when tragedy strikes back home she must decide which life is really hers. Beautifully written and timeless.-Patrick
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