{"product_id":"brooklyn-by-colm-toibin-paperback-2015","title":"Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Paperback, 2015)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrooklyn \u003c\/strong\u003eby\u003cstrong\u003e Colm Toibin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eColm Toibin's \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoung Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis' gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Yet her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, Father Flood. Via a church contact, he arranges for Eilis to travel to America where a job opportunity has arisen in New York with a reputable \"merchant of Italian origin\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEilis finds lodgings in an eccentric boarding house and ekes out an existence in the cosmopolitan melting pot that is 1950s Brooklyn, impressing her employer, outwitting her landlady, and even falling in love. It seems her dream is truly becoming a reality. But then fate intervenes: a family crisis back home forces Eilis to make a choice between the past and the future, the old world and the new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold with a masterful and elegant simplicity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sublime Trans-Atlantic coming-of-age story by one of the UK's greatest living writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eFormat:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePaperback | 264 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eDimensions (cm):\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e19.8 x 13 x 1.7 | 312g -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan itemprop=\"datePublished\"\u003e27 Oct 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan itemscope=\"Penguin Books Ltd\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan itemscope=\"Penguin Books Ltd\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImprint: \u003c\/strong\u003ePicador\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublication City\/Country:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Sydney, \u003cspan\u003eAustralia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Statement:\u003c\/strong\u003e Media Tie-in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1743540108\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781743540107\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eGood\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minor scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with no creasing or tearing, pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verse \u0026 Prose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57251180806310,"sku":null,"price":8.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/0827\/6646\/files\/BrooklynbyColmToibin.jpg?v=1788504715","url":"https:\/\/verseandprose.com.au\/products\/brooklyn-by-colm-toibin-paperback-2015","provider":"Verse \u0026 Prose ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}