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Author: Alice McDermott
Reader: Martha Plimpton

A vivid portrait of change in the mid-20th century – for this country and a family trying to make sense of those changes. This National Book Award winner captures the joy, sorrow, anger, and love that underpin, and undermine, what itis to be a family. Audie Award finalist. "Plimpton is both energetic and precise – important qualities given McDermott's intricate use of sentences that unspool their meaning phrase by phrase."—AudioFile » Read More

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Publish Date: 09/05/2006
ISBN: 9781593979676

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A vivid portrait of an American family during the middle decades of the twentieth century evokes the social, spiritual, and political turmoil of the era as seen through the experiences of a middle-class couple and their children, as they cope with the changing world around them. Simultaneous.

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"[Alice] McDermott is at the height of her powers here, charging her seemingly ordinary scenes with the possibility of danger, of terror or mystery and, on occasion, radiance. She does so with the lightest touch, with the silkiest humor, and yet at the same time she probes deeply into the moment."

Washington Post Book World - Jane Hamilton (09/03/2006)

Author Bio:

Alice McDermott was born in Brooklyn, and has been involved in writing and editing since obtaining her M.A. at the University of New Hampshire in 1978. Her books have won numerous awards, among them the Whiting Writers Award and the Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction.

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