FRO12 LC14

I thought it was cool how Baruch got the author of the freshman text to talk about the book. I personally did not read the book but I thought Colm Toibin had some interesting things to say. I was not a hundred percent attentive but some things did stick with me. He said that in Ireland, he had never heard of Brooklyn, it was not something people knew much about growing up. He talked about how the idea for the novel came about, which was interesting because he heard the story from a friend of his mothers. He was really honest which I liked. I thought it was interesting how he said he used his friends house to imagine the happenings of the book. Whenever I read a book, I create the scene and use it throughout my reading, and I think its cool he used an actual house.