Someone
McDermott, Alice2014
Book
'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 and in her Irish-American enclave the stories of her neighbours unfold before her short-sighted eyes. There is war-blinded Billy Corrigan and foolish, ill-fated Pegeen - and her parents' legendary Syrian-Irish marriage - the terrifying Big Lucy, and the ever-present Sisters of Charity from the convent down the road. As the years pass Marie's own history plays out against the backdrop of a changing world.
Main title:
Someone / Alice McDermott.
Author:
McDermott, Alice, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Longlisted for the National Book Award 2014 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 and in her Irish-American enclave the stories of her neighbours unfold before her short-sighted eyes. As the years pass Marie's own history plays out against the backdrop of a changing world. This is the story of one life in all its devastating pains and unexpected joys; its bursts of brilliant clarity and moments of profound confusion. Fragments of a curious childhood, of adolescent sexual awakenings, of motherhood and, finally, old age are pieced together in this resonant tale of an unremarkable, unforgettable woman. Originally published: London: Bloomsbury Circus, 2013.
ISBN:
9781408847268 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTIONGEN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1661396