Summary
Eilis Lacey, a naive young girl from Enniscorthy, Ireland, is forced to leave for Brooklyn when there are no prospects for her at home. The journey is horrible and her homesickness grim, but life becomes easier for her once she begins a bookkeeping course and meets Tony, an Italian-American young man. When a death forces her return to Ireland, she is torn between her desire to stay home and her commitment to her new life.
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Critique
Beautifully but simply written, this novel allows us to enter the mind of Eilis, to feel her emotions and learn of her day to day life as she is forced to mature in her new home. Highly recommended.
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