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9. Being Rose's Ghost
Episode 9 of 10
Visiting her lonely mother, Eilis struggles with her last action in America and the lure of Enniscorthy. Read by Niamh Cusack.
Following her sister's tragic death, Eilis has returned to Enniscorthy and to her lonely mother, for a month's visit.
Once there it is hard to tell the truth about her last action in America, and harder still to resist the lure of the familiar.
Colm TóibÃn'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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in May 2009.
Last on
Fri 24 May 2024
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