Brooklyn a novel Tóibín, Colm 1955- creator author. text novel Psychological fiction. Love stories. Psychological fiction. Fiction History Psychological fiction Romance fiction Love stories. Novels. Psychological fiction. Romance fiction. nyu 2009 2009 First Scribner hardcover edition. monographic eng print 262 pages ; 22 cm In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving behind her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life -- and finally, she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy -- not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn. Colm Tóibín. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. Costa Book Award, 2009. n-us-ny e-ie--- Irish United States Fiction Women immigrants Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction Ireland History 20th century Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction Immigrantes Romans, nouvelles, etc Relations entre hommes et femmes Romans, nouvelles, etc Irlande Histoire 20e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc Roman irlandais 21e siècle Man-woman relationships Irish fiction Irish Women immigrants Ireland New York (State) New York Brooklyn United States Ireland Fiction Irish United States Fiction Women immigrants Fiction Psychological fiction Love stories Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction Ireland History 20th century Fiction 1900-2099 fast PR6070.O455 B76 2009 823/.914 PR 6070 O455 B76 2009 FIC019000 I562.45 9781439138311 1439138311 9781439148952 9781439149829 2009001548 DLC 090116 20240925161741.4 in00002447734 eng