From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of The Blackwater Lightship and The Master comes a novel of devastating emotional power.
It is the early 1950s in the south-east of Ireland. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. When a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn…