The Book Show - Alice McDermott - Absolution

November 28, 2023 00:27:27
The Book Show - Alice McDermott - Absolution
The Book Show
The Book Show - Alice McDermott - Absolution

Nov 28 2023 | 00:27:27

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Show Notes

“Absolution,” by National Book Award-winning author Alice McDermott, is the riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War.  American women and wives have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in “Absolution” they take center stage.

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