{"product_id":"brooklyn-by-colm-toibin","title":"Brooklyn by Colm Toibin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eColm Tóibín’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling novel—also an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture—is “a moving, deeply satisfying read” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor “Colm Tóibín…is his generation’s most gifted writer of love’s complicated, contradictory power” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). “Written with mesmerizing power and skill” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a “triumph…One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55998869209254,"sku":"9781439148952","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/images_625f8235-8714-4c38-8f62-8ecdb2c6db47.jpg?v=1764968555","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/brooklyn-by-colm-toibin","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}