Absolution by Alice McDermott Paperback Book

Description: Absolution by Alice McDermott Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A riveting account of American womens lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award Publisher Description * THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *One of the finest contemporary novels Ive read ... A moral masterpiece ANN PATCHETTHer writing has a luminous kind of clarity, a grace and scope that fills me with wonder RACHEL JOYCEDamning 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, Charlenes 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 Americas 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. Author Biography Alice McDermotts novels include Someone, The Ninth Hour, After This, Child of My Heart, Charming Billy, At Weddings and Wakes, That Night and A Bigamists Daughter. She won the National Book Award, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist three times and nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. She lives with her family outside Washington DC. Details ISBN 1526673614 ISBN-13 9781526673619 Title Absolution Author Alice McDermott Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 368 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:161290838; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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