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* THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'One of the finest contemporary novels I've read ... A moral masterpiece' ANN PATCHETT 'Her writing has a luminous kind of clarity, a grace and scope that fills me with wonder' RACHEL JOYCE 'Damning and dazzling ... The story of a Vietnam we never got in history class' OPRAH DAILY ----------------- You have no idea what it was like. For us. The women, I mean. The wives. 1963. Saigon. Tricia is a shy newlywed, married to a rising attorney working for US Navy intelligence. Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a beauty and a bully. The two women form a wary alliance as they struggle to balance the pressure to be respectable wives for their ambitious husbands, with their own dubious impulses to "do good" for the people of Vietnam. Sixty years later, Charlene's daughter, spurred by an encounter with an aging Vietnam veteran, reaches out to Tricia. Together, they look back at their time in Saigon, discovering how their lives as women on the periphery -- of politics, of history, of war, of their husbands' convictions -- have been shaped and burdened by the unintended consequences of America's tragic interference in Southeast Asia. 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 quest for absolution in a broken world.

The collection features insightful essays, lectures, and observations from acclaimed author Alice McDermott, celebrated for her mastery of language and imagery. Through her reflections on the craft of writing fiction, McDermott shares her unique perspective on storytelling, exploring the nuances of character development and narrative structure. This work offers both aspiring writers and literature enthusiasts a deeper understanding of the artistry involved in creating compelling fiction.

New; pristine. See scans and description. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017. The issued-signed edition, with its own ISBN 9780374904043 (see rear jacket panel scan), as well as the First Edition / First Printing ISBN 9780374280147 (see copyright page scan), of National Book Award winner Alice McDermott's 2017 title, The Ninth Hour. Octavo, illustrated jacket, very light gray boards, black spine imprinting, 247 pp. New, in sealed storage since purchase; on premises. See scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L71 (Signed Edition. Two ISBNs: Signed Ed. ISBN 9780374904043 & 1st/1st Printing ISBN 9780374280147)

The quietest life can resonate the longest. A beautiful, bittersweet masterpiece about a remarkable journey of the heart.

A mesmerising portrait of working-class family life in mid-twentieth century America, and a masterful evocation of sibling rivalry in the midst of the Vietnam War and the sexual revolution.

"In That Night, New York Times bestselling author Alice McDermott "has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism of a contemporary Romeo and Juliet" (Chicago Tribune)"--

"Theresa ist fast fünfzehn in dem Sommer, als sie der beliebteste Babysitter in dem kleinen Städtchen auf Long Island wird. Sie ist herzlich zu den Eltern, beliebt bei Kindern und Haustieren und hat eine besondere Begabung, sich der kleinen und großen seelischen Kümmernisse ihrer Schützlinge anzunehmen. Sie ist 'wie von einem Zauber umgeben', wie jemand aus der Nachbarschaft bemerkt, aber sie braucht diesen Zauber auch, um den vielen Erschütterungen in den Familien der ihr Anvertrauten zu begegnen. "

Der irische Schuhverkäufer Billy Lynch fällt - kaum sechzig - eines Tages tot um. War es der Alkohol, der ihn ins Grab brachte? Oder hatte ihn längst jenes rothaarige Mädchen das Herz gebrochen, das nach einem Sommer der Liebe spurlos verschwand? Billys Verwandten und Freunde lassen das Leben jenes Mannes Revue passieren, der sie mit seinem Suff an den Rand des Wahnsinns brachte und sie doch mit seinen Geschichten zusammenhielt.

Eine aus dem Blickwinkel dreier Kinder erzählte bitterzarte Familiengeschichte aus Long Island, in deren Mittelpunkt die Romanze ihrer Lieblingstante May, einer ehemaligen Nonne, mit dem Briefträger Fred steht