"Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin

If Eilis had been able to choose freely, between Brooklyn and tony, and Enniscorthy and Jim, what do you think she would have chosen? Or is Eilis really a young woman who does not choose, who allows others to determine her fate?

For further information about the author, check out:

http://www.colmtoibin.com/

To read the New York Times Sunday Book Review of "Brooklyn" from May 1, 2009:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/books/review/Schillinger-t.html?_r=0