Brooklyn
(Book)
Author
Published
[S.l.] : Scribner, 2015.
Format
Book
ISBN
1501106473 (paperback), 9781501106477 (paperback)
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Burnham Memorial Library - Adult Fiction | FIC Toibin | On Shelf | |
Carpenter-Carse Library - Adult Fiction | FIC Tóibín | Paperback. | On Shelf |
Huntington Public Library - Adult Fiction | F TOI | On Shelf | |
Montgomery Town Library - Adult Fiction | F TOI | On Shelf | |
New Haven Community Library | F TOI | On Shelf |
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Published
[S.l.] : Scribner, 2015.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
1501106473 (paperback), 9781501106477 (paperback)
Notes
Description
Colm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novel—soon to be a film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent from the award-winning team that produced An Education —is “a moving, deeply satisfying read” ( Entertainment Weekly ) about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. “One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature” ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future. Author “Colm Tóibín…is his generation’s most gifted writer of love’s complicated, contradictory power” ( Los Angeles Times ). “Written with mesmerizing power and skill” ( The Boston Globe ), Brooklyn is a “triumph…One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tóibín, C. (2015). Brooklyn (Media Tie-In.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tóibín, Colm. 2015. Brooklyn. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tóibín, Colm. Brooklyn Scribner, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tóibín, Colm. Brooklyn Media Tie-In., Scribner, 2015.
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