{"product_id":"brooklyn-3","title":"Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a small town in the southeast of Ireland in the 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo when a job is offered in America, it is clear that she must go. Leaving her family and home, Eilis sets off to forge a new life for herself in Brooklyn. Young, homesick and alone, she gradually buries the pain of parting beneath the rhythms of a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer life is filled wit days at the till in a large department store, night classes in Brooklyn College and Friday evenings on the dance floor of the parish hall - until she realizes that she has found a sort of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when tragic news summons her back to Ireland, and the constrictions of her old life unexpectedly give way to new possibilities, she finds herself facing a terrible choice: between love and happiness in the land where she belongs and the promises she must keep on the far side of the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colm Tóibín","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42919760232617,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/toibin_0db96f5a-b022-4364-9b90-d477cef20e8b.jpg?v=1676691863","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/brooklyn-3","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}