It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when Father Flood speaks of a job in New York, Eilis knows she must go. Living in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis is far from home - and homesick. Yet after taking her first tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis thinks she might find happiness.
Until bad news sends her back to Ireland, where a terrible dilemma awaits her - a devastating choice between duty and love.
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when Father Flood speaks of a job in New York, Eilis knows she must go. Living in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis is far from home - and homesick. Yet after taking her first tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis thinks she might find happiness.
Until bad news sends her back to Ireland, where a terrible dilemma awaits her - a devastating choice between duty and love.