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   Oct 30, 2023 · But, in McDermott's new novel, Absolution, humility — both on an individual and a national level — is the virtue that's in catastrophically short supply. Absolution also teaches me a lesson...

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   Oct 27, 2023 · Fiction. A Friendship Forged in Wartime Casts a Long Shadow. What happens when two American women attempt to help the people of Saigon? In Alice McDermott’s new novel, the answer is...

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   Oct 31, 2023 · Alice McDermott’s ‘Absolution’ revisits colonial folly in Vietnam. The National Book Award winner rewinds the clock 60 years in this crystalline, searching homage to Graham Greene’s ‘The...

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   Nov 7, 2023 · Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2023. New York Times Bestseller. The complicated, unseen lives of American corporate wives in Saigon, 1963. For more than 40 years, McDermott’s deep understanding of human nature and wizardry in creating characters has been the seedbed of one bestselling, award-winning novel after another.

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   BookBrowse provides a summary, excerpt, and reviews of Absolution, a novel by Alice McDermott about American women in Vietnam in the 1960s. Read critics' and readers' opinions, beyond the book features, and read-alikes for this book.

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   Is McDermott's 'Absolution' a good book?

   • Her fans may be startled, then, to find themselves plunged into 1963 Saigon at the start of her enveloping new novel, “Absolution,” whose lofty title belies its sensory, gritty humanity. McDermott’s contextual leap is not as great as it might seem.

   Book Review: ‘Absolution,’ by Alice McDermott - The New York Times

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   Who is Tricia in Absolution by Alice McDermott?

   • Alice McDermott's novel about the humanitarian efforts of American corporate wives living in Vietnam in the early '60s, Absolution, takes a detour to New York City in the previous decade, where Tricia, the protagonist, and her radicalized friend Stella participate in sit-ins against the compulsory Cold War duck-and-cover drills.

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   What is Alice McDermott best known for?

   • Alice McDermott’s ninth novel perfectly captures the manner and mood of that era and the constricted lives that women led as “helpmeets” for their husbands. McDermott won the National Book Award for her novel “Charming Billy.”

   Book Review: Alice McDermott's 'Absolution' captures America with

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   What are Alice McDermott's character traits?

   • Humility is the one virtue you wouldn't expect Alice McDermott's characters would need to learn. Her characters are almost always Irish American, Catholic, working-class; they are often dependably meek and self-deprecating.

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   Nov 8, 2023 · By ANITA SNOW. Updated 10:31 AM PDT, November 8, 2023. Living in Western diplomatic privilege with cooks and maids and drivers, the women in the new novel “Absolution” spend their days attending luncheons, lectures and cocktail parties as the Vietnam War rumbles in the background.

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   Oct 31, 2023 · A historical fiction novel about two American wives in Saigon during the Vietnam War. See what readers think of this book, its genre, author, and publication details on Goodreads.