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Book Discussion - Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

Jody Wilson, Neighbor

Leaving her home in post-World War II Ireland to work as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey reluctantly parts with her mother and sister and discovers a new romance in America, until devastating news from home threatens her happiness.

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