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Mar 28, 2016
Wanting more opportunities than 1950s Ireland can offer, Enniscorthy native and aspiring bookkeeper Eilis Lacey leaves her mother and sister to start a new life in Brooklyn, where she attends school and finds work -- as well as romance. But when devastating news reaches her from home, Eilis must return to Enniscorthy and settle family affairs. Will she have to sacrifice her new life (and love) in America to resume the existence she's left behind? Recently made into an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan, this novel received praise from The New York Times for showing "how place can assert itself, enfolding the visitor, staking its claim."