Absolution SIGNED by Alice McDermott 1st Edition 1st Print

Description: Absolution SIGNED by Alice McDermott 1st Edition 1st Print - Brand NEW Condition and Terms This SIGNED First Edition First Print book is Brand New. A Bro-Dart Mylar dust jacket protector was added for additional protection. Please see the photographs for best description and free to reach out and request additional photos if desired. Be sure to check out our other listings at Settembrini's Selections. You can save on shipping by buying multiple books and asking that we combine the shipping. Returns are only allowed due to shipping damage or item not being as described. Due to USPS insurance claims procedures, partial refunds are not allowed due to shipping damage. Items damaged in shipping must be returned in the original packaging as received. The USPS requires inspection of the packaging and item damaged. Synopsis In Saigon in 1963, two young American wives form a wary alliance. Tricia is a starry-eyed newlywed, married to a rising oil engineer “on loan” to US Navy Intelligence. Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a talented hostess and determined altruist, on a mission to relieve the “wretchedness” she sees all around her. When Tricia miscarries, Charlene sweeps her into a cabal of well-dressed do-gooder American wives. Armed with baskets filled with candy and toys, they descend on hospitals, orphanages, and a leper colony on the coast, determined to relieve suffering, no matter the cost. Sixty years later, Charlene’s daughter reaches out to Tricia, now widowed and living in Washington. As the two relive their shared experience in Saigon, they are forced to come to terms with the ways their own lives have been shaped and stunted by Charlene’s pursuit of “inconsequential good.” With a narrative impact that recalls Graham Greene’s The Quiet American , Alice McDermott confronts the unresolved mysteries and ironies of America’s tragic interference in Southeast Asia.

Price: 83.59 USD

Location: Missouri City, Texas

End Time: 2025-01-09T17:30:55.000Z

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