There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.Įilis Lacey, sitting at the window of the upstairs living room in the house on Friary Street, noticed her sister walking briskly from work. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.Īrriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce.
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