Absolution teases out the remarkableness in everyday people, speaking to war’s ripple effect off the battlefield and years down the line.
Macmillan Audio
9781250911094
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Macmillan Audio
9781250911094
Absolution teases out the remarkableness in everyday people, speaking to war’s ripple effect off the battlefield and years down the line.
In the male-dominated landscape of wartorn 1963 Saigon, Vietnam, Tricia and Charlene are two American wives striving to be the best possible “helpmeets” to their military husbands: sociable, graceful, obedient, obliging. Through author Alice McDermott’s precise, lingering prose, these women otherwise relegated to the margins bloom with agency and empathy. Charlene’s immense business acumen flares…
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