The book by 'Brooklyn' author Colm picks up more than two decades later with Eilis Lacey, who left her small Irish town for a new life in America.
Oprah Winfrey announced 'Long Island' to be her new book club selection. The book by 'Brooklyn' author Colm Tóibín picks up more than two decades later with Eilis Lacey, who left her small Irish town for a new life in America.Winfrey said she picked the book for how easy the 294-page book was easy to read while keeping readers wanting more.'The story is so intriguing in that there is this yearning and longing for the love, or the place, or the being, and past loves.
'Even five pages before the end, you're still not sure,' he said, revealing that he had always known the ending but enjoyed keeping readers guessing.'You must be able to imagine the end and think there's another way this could happen,' he said.
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