Long Island by Colm Toibin 

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Long Island by Colm Toibin: 3: 'My mother said you broke his heart.'

Long Island by Colm Toibin

3: 'My mother said you broke his heart.'

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Eilis' return home to Ireland shocks both her best friend Nancy, and Jim, her old love.

Niamh Cusack continues Colm Toibin's heartrending sequel to Brooklyn. Today: Eilis returns to Ireland - to the shock of her best friend Nancy, and her old love Jim.

Niamh Cusack continues Colm Toibin's long-awaited and heartrending sequel to Brooklyn, set twenty years on.

Since leaving Brooklyn, Eilis and Tony have built a happy and secure life in Long Island. The future looks good - until one day a stranger knocks on the door, and everything changes.

Feeling very far from home, Eilis starts to question the life she's created. Her questions lead her back to Ireland, and to those she left behind, as she wonders whether it's too late to take a different path?

Today: Eilis' unexpected return home to Ireland sends shockwaves through her small village...

Author: Colm Tóibín
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Reader: Niamh Cusack
Producer: Justine Willett

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Niamh Cusack reads the heartbreaking sequel to Colm Toibin's bestselling novel Brooklyn.

Niamh Cusack reads the heartbreaking sequel to Colm Toibin's bestselling novel Brooklyn, set 20 years on. Eilis and Tony are happily married in Long Island - for now.

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