{"id":53548,"date":"2015-12-29T15:40:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T04:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=53548"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:22:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:22:57","slug":"cant-wait-to-see-critically-acclaimed-brooklyn-in-cinemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/cant-wait-to-see-critically-acclaimed-brooklyn-in-cinemas\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t Wait to See Critically Acclaimed Brooklyn in Cinemas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Critics\u00a0are raving about\u00a0<em>Brooklyn<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktopians&#8230;.you could secure yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/brooklyn-free-double-movie-pass-conditions-apply--transmission\/prod7777777000253.html\">a double pass<\/a> to see this amazing film, out February 11th, if you buy a copy of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/brooklyn-colm-toibin\/prod9781743540107.html\">Brooklyn<\/a><\/em>!!!*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Brooklyn<\/em>\u00a0is a romantic drama, based on the bestselling book by Colm Toibin, adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby and starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/brooklyn-colm-toibin\/prod9781743540107.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-53549 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/9781743540107_brooklyn_bogof_large_promo_banner.jpg\" alt=\"9781743540107_Brooklyn_Bogof_Large_Promo_Banner\" width=\"1000\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>The film follows Eilis (Ronan), a young Irish woman who leaves her small town in Ireland hoping for a brighter future in 1950s Brooklyn. Despite her initial homesickness, she falls in love with Tony (Cohen) an Italian-American who opens her eyes her new surroundings. But a family tragedy leads Eilis back to Ireland, where her American sophistication catches the eye of the charming Jim (Gleeson).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Brooklyn Official Trailer\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/moXpUBRw5l4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-53550 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/brooklyn.jpg?w=195\" alt=\"brooklyn\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/>Brooklyn<\/h2>\n<h3>Order and Receive a Free Double Pass!*<\/h3>\n<h4>by Colm Toibin<\/h4>\n<p>For a limited time only, order a copy of Brooklyn and receive a free double pass to see the movie, out February 11th. *Please note: offer available while stocks last and limit one free double pass per order.<\/p>\n<p>Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis&#8217; gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Yet her ambition cannot be hidden and soon is noted by the Parish Priest, Father Flood. Via a church contact, he arranges for Eilis to travel to America where a job opportunity has arisen in New York with a <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/brooklyn-colm-toibin\/prod9781743540107.html\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Please note:<\/strong> offer available while stocks last and limit one free double pass per order.<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of seven other novels including BlackwaterLightship, The Master and The Testament of Mary, all three of which were nominated for the Booker Prize, with The Master also winning the IMPAC Award, and Brooklyn, which won the Costa Novel Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics\u00a0are raving about\u00a0Brooklyn! Booktopians&#8230;.you could secure yourself a double pass to see this amazing film, out February 11th, if you buy a copy of Brooklyn!!!* Brooklyn\u00a0is a romantic drama, based on the bestselling book by Colm Toibin, adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby and starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters. The film follows Eilis (Ronan), a young Irish woman who leaves her small town in Ireland hoping for a brighter future in 1950s Brooklyn. Despite her initial homesickness, she falls in love with Tony (Cohen) an Italian-American who opens her eyes her new surroundings. But a family tragedy leads Eilis back to Ireland, where her American sophistication catches the eye of the charming Jim (Gleeson). Brooklyn Order and Receive a Free Double Pass!* by Colm Toibin For a limited time only, order a copy of Brooklyn and receive a free double pass to see the movie, out February 11th. *Please note: offer available while stocks last and limit one free double pass per order. Young Eilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village, but unlike her beautiful sister, Rose, Eilis&#8217; gifts are of a more practical nature: she has a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55658,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53548\/revisions\/55658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}