Asby Book Club
thu04apr20:00Asby Book ClubBrooklyn20:00 The Three Greyhounds, Great Asby
Event Details
“Brooklyn” Colm Tóibín Lead: Denise Ellis Lacey, a young Irish girl in the 1950s emigrates to Brooklyn, New York. Homesick and taking the tentative steps towards friendship and perhaps something more, she receives
Event Details
“Brooklyn”
Colm Tóibín
Lead: Denise
Ellis Lacey, a young Irish girl in the 1950s emigrates to Brooklyn, New York. Homesick and taking the tentative steps towards friendship and perhaps something more, she receives news which sends her back to Ireland. She is confronted by a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
A piercing story about how unexpectedly and irrevocably things can go wrong.
This book was made into a film in 2015, starring Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleason, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters.
All welcome – no fees – just come along to listen even if you have not read the book.
Time
(Thursday) 20:00
Location
The Three Greyhounds
Great Asby