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Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín: 4. Christmas Comfort

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4. Christmas Comfort

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, 4. Christmas Comfort

Christmas looms, as Eilis struggles to adapt to her new life far from home.

Struggling to adapt to city life, Eilis isn't the only member of the Irish diaspora feeling homesick. Read by Niamh Cusack.

As Eilis struggles to adapt to her new life in a city far from home, Christmas looms. 

But she is not the only member of the Irish diaspora feeling homesick. 

Helping Father Flood tend to his flock brings comfort and cheer.

Colm Toibin'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.

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