Brooklyn

Brooklyn

This book is an optional set text for the Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) Exam 2018 & 2019 Writing Paper, it can be read in preparation for the optional set text tasks.

It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go.Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma – a devastating choice between duty and one great love.

Language: GB

Level: C2 Advanced

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Colm Toibin – Penguin Books