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5. The Melting Pot
Episode 5 of 10
As Bartocci's opens to customers whatever their colour, Eilis fights the prejudices of her fellow lodgers. Read by Niamh Cusack.
As Bartocci's opens its doors to all customers whatever their colour, Eilis fights the prejudice of her fellow lodgers.
And even at Father Flood's Irish dance night, not everyone is Irish!
Colm Tóibín's masterful novel Brooklyn, a story of duty, love and a girl who crossed the ocean for a new life in New York.
Abridged by Sally Marmion.
Read by Niamh Cusack.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.
Last on
Sat 18 May 202403:30
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