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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Best Actor award for 'The Revenant' onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the Best Actor award for 'The Revenant' onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) /
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 28: Actress Saoirse Ronan attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 28: Actress Saoirse Ronan attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) /

Brooklyn

Written by Colm Tóibín

Publishing Year: 2009

Price on Amazon:

  • Paperback: $9.25
  • Hardback: $19.49
  • Kindle: $10.99 

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In Brooklyn, Ellis Lacey, an Irish woman, departs Ireland in the 1950s for work in Brooklyn, New York, where she begins her adult life on her own.

The novel did not win many awards, but it was awarded the Costa Novel Award, and the book was a New York Times Bestseller.

Brooklyn was nominated for three Oscars at the 2016 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Saoirse Ronan), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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