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Книги Элис Макдермот

Элис Макдермот - автор 6 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: Девятый час, Charming Billy, At Weddings and Wakes. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.

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Девятый час
Девятый час

Блеклым февральским вечером в одну из бедных иммигрантских квартир Бруклина пришло тихое отчаяние – муж Энни, Джим, закрыл за беременной женой дверь, открыл газ и уснул навсегда. К ночи, когда пожар потушили, молодую вдову уже взяли под крыло бруклинские монахини из католического ордена. С этого дня судьбы Энни, ее дочери Салли и сестер-монахинь переплелись на много лет. Как переплелись они и с жи...

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Charming Billy
Charming Billy

Alice McDermott tells the story of Billy Lynch within the complex matrix of a tightly knit Irish American community, in a voice that is resonant and full of deep feeling. Charming Billy is a masterpiece about the unbreakable bonds of memory and desire. Charming Billy is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction.

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At Weddings and Wakes
At Weddings and Wakes

Slipping effortlessly between past and present, between memory and observation, Alice McDermott's critically acclaimed "At Weddings and Wakes" tells the story of three generations of an Irish-Catholic family through the eyes of its youngest members.

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That Night
That Night

On a warm suburban night, the sound of lawn sprinklers is drowned out by the rumble of hot rods. Suddenly a car careens onto a family’s neat front yard, teenage boys spill out brandishing chains and leather, and a young man cries out for the girl he loves. Tonight fathers will pick up snow shovels and rakes to defend their turf, and children will witness a battle fueled by fierce, true love. This ...

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Someone
Someone

'At seven, I was a shy child, and comical-looking, with a round flat face and black slits for eyes, thick glasses, black bangs, a straight and serious mouth - a little girl cartoon. With my heart pinned to my father's sleeve' Someone begins on the stoop of a Brooklyn apartment building where Marie is waiting for her father to come home from work. It is the 1920s a...

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After This
After This

A vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. 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 decades through the experiences of a middle-class couple, their four children, and the c...