By Philippa Tracy
The protagonist in Colm Toibin’s earlier novel Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey, returns in Long Island as she navigates her post-war move from small-town Ireland to New York. In the first, she finds a job in a department store, takes bookkeeping classes at night, and meets Tony, an Italian American. She returns to Enniscorthy, her home town, once, to attend her sister’s funeral, but not before marrying Tony. During
