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Long Island by Colm Toibin: 9: 'I wanted to share the news.'

Long Island by Colm Toibin

9: 'I wanted to share the news.'

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Desperate for an explanation after Nancy's shocking news, Eilis goes in search of Jim.

Desperate for an explanation after Nancy's shocking revelation, Eilis goes in search of Jim. Niamh Cusack continues the heartbreaking sequel to Brooklyn, set twenty years on.

Niamh Cusack reads the heartbreaking sequel to Colm Toibin's bestselling novel, 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: desperate for an explanation after Nancy's shocking revelation, Eilis goes in search of Jim...

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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