Book # 35 Brooklyn by Colim Toibin. A young, indecisive, Irish girl is overshadowed by a beautiful older sister and has no prospects for marriage. A visiting priest finds her a job with future advancement in the US. She braves the Atlantic crossing and homesickness in Brooklyn and has her worldview changed. Her life is pretty much work and nondescript. Finally, her future is on an upward swing until she must return to Ireland. Back home, she has to make some important decisions. She can almost forget about her life in Brooklyn, but it isn't quite the same in her hometown since she has been away. Will she return?

This book got great reviews on NPR, but I thought it was a little slow.