Brooklyn college is an integral part of the civic, urban, and artistic energy of new york and uses the entire city as a living classroom that broadens our students understanding of the world around them. It won the 2009 costa novel award, was shortlisted for the 2011 international dublin literary award and was longlisted for the 2009 man booker prize. Several readers who came to hear colm toibin discuss it at the guardian book club tried, indeed, to. What it takes to bring a city back is a readable, understandable and interesting book and should appeal to anyone interested in contemporary american cities and urban life. Wednesday, the city announced one book, one new york, a program that will try to get new yorkers all reading the same book and theyre. It traces the generations of several families through feast. Written by rosanne parry, this novel follows 12yearold danny ocarolan and his sister, kathleen, who move to new york city from ireland in 1863 at the height of the civil war.
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