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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 the safe embrace of a traditional Catholic life in the suburbs.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Alice McDermott
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Audio Renaissance, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Wheeler Publishing
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781597223751
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