Alex Beam
In Colm Toibin’s latest novel, “Brooklyn,’’ the two lovers Eilis and Tony make love out of wedlock. They are Roman Catholic, it is the 1950s. They are in love and intend to marry - in fact, they do marry - but Eilis immediately insists they both go to confession and tell a priest they have sinned. (Full article: 700 words)
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