By Colm Toibin - October 2010
Brooklyn tells the story of a young woman from a small town in Ireland who leaves the world she’s known and moves to Brooklyn in the 1950s.
1. What role did Father Flood play in Eilis’ life?
2. Why do you think Rose encouraged her younger sister to go to America?
3. What did you learn about life in Ireland and Brooklyn in the 1950s?
4. Have you ever had to choose between two different worlds that you love?
5. What choice do you wish Eilis had made in the end of the story?
