From the back: 
 "Eiles Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. 
 Eiles finds work in a department store on Fulton Street and when she least expects it, find love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eiles begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future." 
 My review: Eiles was supposed to be "One of the unforgettable characters in contemporary literature" according to the Pittsburg Post-Gazette but I found her supremely annoying, bending with the wind with no moral compass or personality. I wanted to shake some sense into her. If that's what the author intended, he succeeded.