Rose spots a solution when a priest vists from America and agrees to help find a job in Brooklyn for Ellis. The most she can get is a lowly job as a shop keepers assistant in the grocery. Though she is intelligent and reasonably good looking there few prospects of a husband or a job in accountancy or book keeping that would enable her to fulfill her potential. Eilis is clearly more an observer of life than a participant. We first encounter Eilis looking out from her bedroom window in the village of Enniscorthy watching her glamorous older sister Rose make her way down the street to an evening at the golf club. The recently widowed Norah Webster and the young woman Eilis Lacey, heroine of Brooklyn are two brave and spirited Irish women whose predicaments are portrayed with warmth, sympathy and depth. Some went as far as saying Brookyn was “even better”. I’ve now read it and while I enjoyed it, I wouldn’t rate it as highly.īoth Norah Webster and Brooklyn give center stage to a strong female character who have to confront life changing situations and find their own way through them. More than a few people people responded by recommending his earlier novel Brooklyn. Last year I made a comment in one blog post about how much I enjoyed Colm Toibin’s Norah Webster.
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