Thursday, January 17, 2013

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

While in Barnes and Noble the day after Christmas this book on the bargain table caught my eye because I was born and raised in Brooklyn. It sounded like a charming fast read and I figured why not. And I was not disappointed. Sometime after WWII while the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn and baseball was still played at Ebbets Field a young girl comes from Ireland to Brooklyn to try and make a life for herself. Sponsored by a Priest she gets work in a shop and starts classes at Brooklyn College and meets a boy she falls in love with.  But when a tragedy strikes and she goes back to Ireland will the new life she built survive? I’m not telling, you’ll have to read it for yourself. You wont be sorry.

(read Jan. 2012)

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