Brooklyn: A Novel Themes

No matter your background, there's one thing everyone shares in common—love (and the inevitable annoyance) for their family. Although Eilis Lacey's family isn't always the healthiest bunch around...

If you ever need to grow up fast, then just follow Eilis' example—cross the sea in a cruddy ocean liner, meet a hunky Italian-American, and then return home for a confusing visit to Ireland follo...

Sorry, NY Times trend piece followers: there are no thick glasses or artisanal mayonnaise shops here. There's none of the Brooklyn we know and love today: no Das Racist, no Tribe Called Quest and n...

Before Instagram, before Facebook, and even before everyone had Polaroids, all you had to remember your loved ones by were, well, memories. Eilis Lacey knows this well. After leaving her small town...

Eilis Lacey needs to stop caring about her reputation so much. She constantly has to deal with snobs like Miss Kelly, who treats her like low-class dirt, and Miss McAdams, who's always trying to kn...

Eilis Lacey has more dreams than she knows what to do with. She dreams of becoming a classy, glamorous woman, like her big sister Rose. She dreams of having a husband who loves her and treats her l...

What a bait-and-switch. First, we get lulled into a false sense of security after witnessing the adorable romance between Eilis and her bae Tony. Things seem great. Then, suddenly—BANG—this see...

It's easy to get homesick when you're an ocean away from everyone and everything you've ever known and loved. After moving to Brooklyn, New York, young Eilis Lacey feels like a tiny, Irish fish in...