Large print book
Brooklyn
Call Number
- LARGE TYPE FICTION TOIB (CEN, OSH)
Edition
Large print ed.
Publication Information
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2009.
Physical Description
358 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Summary
Eilis Lacey is unable to find a job in Ireland in the years following World War II. An Irish priest from Brooklyn, New York offers to sponser her to live an work in America, so she decides she must go leaving her mother and sister behind. She adapts to her new life by working in a department store and the pain of parting has subsided until she receives devastating news from home that threatens the promise of her future.