4: 'She was damaged goods to start with.'
Niamh Cusack reads the heartrending sequel to Brooklyn. Today: with Eilis back, Jim can't help thinking about her. But Nancy is forging ahead with their wedding plans.
Niamh Cusack continues the 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 - from family to friends and old lovers - as she wonders whether it's too late to take a different path? H
Today: Eilis' return has churned up powerful memories of the past for Jim. Meanwhile, Nancy is forging ahead with their wedding plans....
Author: Colm TóibÃn
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Reader: Niamh Cusack
Producer: Justine Willett
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