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Brooklyn
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2. The short description of a book
Brooklyn is a 2009 novel by Irish author Colm Tóibín. It won the 2009 Costa Novel Award, was shortlisted for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. In 2012, The Observer named it as one of "The 10 best historical novels".
Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself.

3. The summary of the book
This is a book about the girl named Eilis Lacey who lives in a small town in Ireland with her mother and older sister Rose. She leads a pretty boring life, hanging at home and going to school to become a bookkeeper. But everything changes in her life when Eilis meets Father Flood, a priest who wants to help Eilis immigrate to America to find work for her better future. Eilis is hesitant in nature, it does not seem easy for her to move to another country, but she has no choice. While arriving in America, Eilis moves into a boarding house run by an Irishwoman and gets job at Department Store. Eilis feels homesick, but luckily she meets a guy named Tony who saves her from monotonous life and they start developing romantic feelings for each other and it ends in Tony making a proposal to which Eilis agrees. But she has to return to her homeland due to very tragic news, her sister – Rose dies in her sleep. That is a tragedy that puts Eilis and mother in a sorrow, Eilis has not revealed her marriage yet and makes things more complicated, meeting a guy she knew before named Jim Farrell who has romantic intentions for her and asks her to get engaged so she doesn't return to Brooklyn, at the same time Eilis’ mother supports the idea of that. However Miss Kelly - her former boss in Ireland - reveals that she knows Mrs. Kehoe, and that Mrs. Kehoe told her about Eilis' marriage back in Brooklyn. Knowing that this would cause a big scandal, Eilis comes clean to her mom, writes an apology letter to Jim, and hops on a train that will take her to a Brooklyn-bound boat.

4. The main characters
Eilis Lacey - Eilis is a young girl from Ireland and she is a main character of this novel. The girl is very young and promising, so she decides to leave Ireland and go to America. She is looking for a better life and Eilis is not even going to miss her chance. She is so strong-willed that she finds an excellent job, enters to the Brooklyn College and finds her love.
Rose Lacey - Rose is a sister of Eilis, who does everything for the sake of her sister's happiness. Rose organizes a trip for Eilis to America and worries about her destiny. She always takes care of Eilis. However, the heart disease takes away Rose’s life.
Mrs. Lacey - this woman is Eilis’ s mother. Although she is a secondary character in this novel, but she is the most important person for Eilis. Mrs. Lacey is very depressed by Eilis’s immigration to America. The death of the eldest daughter Rose makes her lonely and her psychological state is poor. 

5. Tony Fiorello - Tony is an Italian who immigrates to America together with his parents and brothers. His relationship with Eilis is honest. They love each other and Tony is ready for anything for the sake of the girl. Before leaving to Ireland, Eilis and Tony get married. Tony planned their future up to details. 
Father Flood - this man is a bright hope for Eilis. He helps the girl to move to America, get a job in Brooklyn and enter to the college. He also does not give her the chance to be homesick. Father Flood is not only a priest, but he is also a kind person.
Jim Farrell - Jim is not an antagonist. He is just a young guy from Ireland, who keeps everything under control - his reputation, destiny and love. Nevertheless, he does not expect the fact that Eilis will decide to abandon him and go back to America.

6. The author of the book
Irish novelist and journalist Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy, Wexford in Ireland in 1955 and was educated at University College Dublin where he read History and English. He is the author of a number of works of fiction and non-fiction and is a regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines.
Along with writing a number of critically-acclaimed novels, Tóibín has also worked as a critic and editor.
Tóibín's books tend to revolve around a number of repeating themes - depiction of Irish society; the experience of the immigrant; and creativity and the preservation of personal identity.

7. SOURCES http://www.gradesaver.com/brooklyn