Brooklyn / T?ib?n, Colm

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.

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.

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.