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7. Coney Island

Episode 7 of 10

Tony takes Eilis to Coney Island to celebrate her exam success, but her new happiness is short-lived. Read by Niamh Cusack.

Tony takes Eilis for a trip to Coney Island to celebrate her exam success but her new found happiness is short lived; news from home turns Eilis' American life sour.

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.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 May 202403:30
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