Brooklyn - Wednesdays from 8th May

This is a lovely, quiet sort of book about a small town girl getting a chance to change her life.  Ireland in the early 1950s is difficult, and for Eilis Lacey, as for other Irish girls, opportunities are limited. So when she gets a chance to emigrate to New York, she has to go.

This is a story of love and of duty.  It's a powerful portrait of a woman making decisions that will shape her whole life, told in a simple, elegant style.   

With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork ― Sunday Times

The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time -- Zoë Heller ― Guardian, Books of the Year

Suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted ... a novel of magnificent accomplishment -- Peter Kemp ― Sunday Times, Novel of the Year

Geoff says:

"Colm Tóibín is one of the great Irish modern writers.  Brooklyn, set in Colm Tóibín's home town, was the winner of the Costa Novel Award, and has been made into a much loved film starring Saoirse Ronan - but as usual the book is better!"