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Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn (2009) 3 stars

In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find …

Review of 'Brooklyn' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

All female tonight. Opinions ranged from 'Loved it' to 'Didn't think much of it at first, but it grew on me' to 'Really?'. But even the detractors found the writing lovely and the sense of place palpable. And even though I found the portrayal of Eilis spineless and naive, she was consistently spineless and naive, as a young Irish woman would have been in the 50's.