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Coming of Age
On a wild, windy April day in Manhattan, when Mary first meets John Keane, she cannot know what lies ahead of her. A marriage, a fleeting season of romance, and the birth of four children will bring John and Mary to rest in... See More
Contemporary Fiction
A fully realized portrait of one woman's life in all its complexity, by the National Book Award-winning author An ordinary life -- its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion -- lived... See More
Literary Fiction
A magnificent new novel from one of America's finest writers -- a powerfully affecting story spanning the twentieth century of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-American community in Brooklyn. On a... See More
Contemporary Fiction
The emotionally powerful story of young love set in suburban Long Island in the 60s. See More
Contemporary Fiction
The New York Times Bestselling Author of After This and Charming Billy Elizabeth Connelly, editor at a New York vanity press, sells the dream of publication (admittedly, to writers of questionable talent). Stories of true... See More
Contemporary Fiction
Alice McDermott's powerful novel is a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Witty, compassionate, and wry, it captures the social, political, and spiritual upheavals of those... See More
Literature & Fiction
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 Steinitz, The Boston... See More
Literature & Fiction
A young girl's astonishing, poignant first look into the turbulent heart of things "I had in my care that summer four dogs, three cats, the Moran kids, Daisy, my eight-year-old cousin, and Flora, the toddler child of a... See More
Literary Fiction
The three children of an Irish-American family in Long Island are witnesses to the cycles of dissatisfaction, bitterness and recurring affection that make up the lives of their extended family. A tender, sad and funny book... See More
Contemporary Fiction
Charming Billy is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction. Alice McDermott's striking novel, Charming Billy, is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can... See More
Health, Fitness & Dieting
An anthology of poignant short stories about change. A broad range of authors such as Alice McDermott, Lydia Davis, Alice Fulton, David Shields, Rikki Ducornet, Meredith Steinbach, Reginald Gibbons, Alexander Theroux... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Ten articles from the pages of Commonweal Magazine on the intersection of writing and faith. Contributors include novelists Alice McDermott, Peter Quinn, Valeria Sayers, and Jay Neugeboren, as well as critics Paul Elie and... See More
Contemporary Fiction
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Vogue A riveting account of women's lives on the... See More