This is a romantic novel set in the early 1950s about Eilis Lacey a young Irish girl who lives in a little village with her sister (a beautiful girl, very well-dressed and with a good and well-paid job) and her mother (widowed for two years). One day she was offered the opportunity to go to work to Brooklyn and improve her studies in accounting. Here starts an exiting trip for Eilies who thanks to love overcomes homesickness, and begin to enjoy her new life in Brooklyn. However, one day she receives news from Ireland and she will have to make an important decision about her futur.

I’ve really enjoyed reading the book, feeling the emotions as a teenager. I was hooked from the first lines, her first experiences working in a shop, her adventurous journey in third class on a boat to America, her day by day living in an Irish boarding house with other girls, her romance with a charming guy and her doubts at the end of the book about which way to choose.                                                        I definitely recommend this book to other readers, it’s an entertaining and beautiful love and sacrifice story.

Maite Lardiez                    4th English course