Someone by Alice McDermott

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2015 - LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2014

The quietest life can resonate the longest. 

A beautiful, bittersweet masterpiece about a remarkable journey of the heart.

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.

REVIEWS

'A beautiful book' Sunday Telegraph

'Masterful' Irish Times

'Exquisite' New York Times

Paperback

Language: English
Extent: 240
Publish Date: 6 Nov 2014
ISBN: 9781408847268
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC