Eilis Lacey takes advantage of a sponsorship that will allow her to escape the troubled economy of Ireland and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood, and after leaving her family behind, Eilis gets a job in a department store and falls in love with Tony, a man with a big Italian family, but the serendipity of her new life is shattered by bad news from Ireland.
year: 2009, 2010
call number/section: 1000
subjects: irish, united states, fiction, women immigrants, irish americans, psychological fiction, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), history, 20th century, fiction, ireland, love stories
Editions
T?ib?n, Colm
Scribner (2009)
Eilis Lacey takes advantage of a sponsorship that will allow her to escape the troubled economy of Ireland and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood, and after leaving her family behind, Eilis gets a job in a department store and falls in love with Tony, a man with a big Italian family, but the serendipity of her new life is shattered by bad news from Ireland.
Schools: 1
T?ib?n, Colm
When Eilis leaves her fragile mother and charismatic sister in Ireland to live and work in an Irish neighborhood in America, she meets Tony, a blonde Italian from a big family who patiently woes her. Just as Eilis begins to fall in love with Tony, she receives news from Ireland that threatens the promise of her future.
Schools: 2
T?ib?n, Colm
Scribner (2010)
Eilis Lacey takes advantage of a sponsorship that will allow her to escape the troubled economy of Ireland and work in a Brooklyn neighborhood, and after leaving her family behind, Eilis gets a job in a department store and falls in love with Tony, a man with a big Italian family, but the serendipity of her new life is shattered by bad news from Ireland.
Schools: 0