Apr 26th, 2011 by Marilyn
June Book Club: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Buttery Books book club will be discussing Brooklyn: A Novel by Colm Toibin on June 4th, 2011.
Eilis Lacey is in her early 20′s and lives in a small town in Ireland. She is having a hard time finding a job as a bookkeeper in the years following World War II. When she gets an opportunity to go to America, she decides to leave her fragile mother and sister behind.
In America, Eilis finds work and finds love but devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.
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Oh, did you say Ireland and New York for a story set just after World War II? Yep, sign me up for that one!
Comment by Coffee and a Book Chick on April 28, 2011 at 8:30 am