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Twenty years later, the novelist “Brooklyn” brings the heroine back to her island and her mother.
BrooklynPublished in 2009 to considerable success, it tells the story of Eilis Lacey, an Irish woman who goes to America on the advice of a priest. She had no job in Enniscorthy (County Wexford). An adopted American priest who had returned home on vacation guaranteed her a job and a place to live, and in fact, Elise would begin her new life in Brooklyn under better auspices.
Cole Tobin leads his heroine to her fate. It left him no room for maneuver, but underscored his independence of mind and his vigilance in situations where a benevolent gesture could mask a desire for power. So Elise was on her guard with her landlady. Alone, with no one to confide in, the girl was able to rely on her sister Rose. His mother, a respectable widow, had nothing important to say, especially meeting Tony Fiorello, an Italian plumber. Pink, in Brooklyndies suddenly. It's 1952. Elise returns to care for her mother, attends her best friend Nancy's wedding, falls in love with a boy named Jim Farrell, and leaves without saying goodbye to anyone. She had time to admit to her mother that she was married. Tony married her with the greatest discretion. He feared she would not return from her summer in Ireland.
Always beautiful and beautiful
in Long IslandThis is continuity BrooklynThere comes a time when Elise is stupid
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