It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish
girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrat
e to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in B
rooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed.
And just as she
takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis rece
ives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a ter
rible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
