The Coldest Place on Earth
Liam McIlvanney: Colm Tóibín’s ‘Brooklyn’, 25 June 2009
“... Her three older brothers have already left for England. Her sister, the glamorous, golf-playing Rose, holds one of the few good jobs in town, working in the office of a local factory. Eilis must make do with a Sunday job in a grocery, until an Irish-American priest, home on holiday, suggests that she move to his parish in Brooklyn. Father Flood will sponsor ... ”