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6. Meeting the Family

Episode 6 of 10

Romance with Tony Fiorello blossoms. Brooklyn life has a new rhythm for Eilis with her first Italian meal. Read by Niamh Cusack.

As Eilis's romance with Tony Fiorello blossoms, life in Brooklyn takes on a new rhythm.

It's time for Eilis to experience her first Italian meal.

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 in ten parts by Sally Marmion.

Read by Niamh Cusack.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 21 May 202403:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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