Annotation
Post-World War II, Eilis can't make a living in Ireland, so she heads for teeming New York, where she finds a love with blue-eyed Italian Tony that might be jeopardized by bad news from home.
Awards
2009 Costa Book Awards
2010 American Library Association Notable Books
Characters
| Name | Lacey, Eilis |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Department store employee |
| Traits | Irish |
| Immigrant | |
| Genre | Fiction Historical Psychological Sociological |
| Topics | Journeys Cultural differences Unexpected love Life changes Immigrants Cultural assimilation |
| Setting | Ireland New York |