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Alice McDermott
Exploring the disaster of the Vietnam War through the lives built by American wives in 1960s Saigon, this is a virtuosic novel about folly and grace, obligation, sacrifice and the…
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While Michael and Annie Keane taste the intoxicating and bitter fruits of the sexual revolution, their older brother finds himself on the way to Vietnam. Clare, the youngest, seeks to…
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A riveting account of American women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award
Includes a conversation between the author and her editor.
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Margaret Hallissy
An Irish American Catholic born and raised in New York, Alice McDermott uses multiple identities and a distinctive, nonchronological narrative style to create an unmistakable trademark. Understanding Alice McDermott begins…
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'One of the finest contemporary novels I've read ... A moral masterpiece' ANN PATCHETT
'Her writing has a luminous kind of clarity…
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Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Vogue
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An excerpt … originally appeared, in slightly different form, in The New Yorker –Title page verso.
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Rick and Cheryl are high school sweethearts whose romance is shattered. This American teenage drama is the story of one night, a night in which a love affair causes violence…
On the cusp of fifteen, pretty Theresa is the town’s sought-after babysitter - adored by children, but also a solitary soul with an already complex understanding of human nature. During…
A novel from the author of Child of My Heart .
In McDermott’s first work of fiction since her bestselling, National Book Award-winning Charming Billy, a woman recalls her 15th summer with the wry and bittersweet wisdom of hindsight.
A collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched virtuoso of language and image (Rebecca…
The beautifully written first novel by Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and one of our finest novelists at work today. –
The story of a Brooklyn-born woman’s life - her family, her neighborhood, her daily trials and triumphs - from childhood to old age –Provided by the publisher.
The late Billy Lynch’s family and friends gather at a bar in the Bronx to remember better times. They admire the way his widow, Maeve, is holding up but one…
"A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award"--
Witty, compassionate, and wry, this novel captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of the middle decades of the 20th century through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four…
In a fierce, witty, haunting novel–a masterpiece about the unbreakable bonds of memory and desire–the National Book Award-nominated author of That Night tells the story of the late Billy Lynch…
This acclaimed national bestseller by the author of A Bigamist’s Daughter and That Night tells the all-too-human story of the dramatic–and melodramatic–ebb and flow of the lives of an Irish…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Alice McDermott’s Charming Billy, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
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A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.
You have no idea what it was like…
This book explores the consistent and prevalent themes in the fiction of Alice McDermott.
Alice McDermott (Johns Hopkins University)
The author of the National Book Award-winning Charming Billy delivers a searing portrait of the Irish-American experience in early 20th-century Brooklyn.
Exploration of the make-up of the family and the cycles and bitterness and tenderness which move them, forms the main theme of this novel from the author of The Bigamist’s…
This tale of a southern writer and the New York editor who helps shape the ending of his novel and the beginning of his future was called by Newsweek a…
William Cain,Alice McDermott (Johns Hopkins University),Lance Newman,Hilary Wyss
William Cain,Alice McDermott,Lance Newman,Hilary Wyss
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them. It will send readers to the library or bookstore to read - or…
William E Cain (Wellesley College),Alice McDermott (Johns Hopkins University),Lance E Newman (Westminster College),Hilary E Wyss (Auburn University Suburn University Auburn University Auburn University)
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