Book
Brooklyn : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439148952
- ISBN: 1439148953
- ISBN: 9781501106477
- ISBN: 1501106473
- ISBN: 9781439138311
- ISBN: 1439138311
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Physical Description:
262 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | 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. |
| Target Audience Note: | Adult Follett Library Resources |
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| Subject: | Irish United States Fiction Women immigrants Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction Ireland History 20th century Fiction |
| Genre: | Love stories. Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 59 of 62 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Slater Public Library - Griswold.
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- 0 current holds with 62 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Slater Public Library - Griswold | F TOI (Text) | 55555000417888 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
