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

Episode 3 of 10

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

14 minutes

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Wed 29 May 2024 22:45
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