The Literary Corner Book Club: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

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Book Discussion

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Adults
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A monthly literary fiction book club for adults. Meetings take place on the 2nd Wednesday of every month.

October's book selection for discussion is Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín.

About the book:

“One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature, Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind." — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Copies of this title are available for checkout from the library's collection.

Questions? Email Ricardo Antoni at ricardo.antoni@hayward-ca.gov