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Oct 31, 2023 · Without posing this question directly, Absolution leaves the reader in its provocative shadow.” ―Jennifer Egan, The New York Times "With Absolution, Alice McDermott delivers another elegantly written, immaculately conceived novel that immerses the reader in the contradictions and moral ambiguities of the human heart.
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Oct 30, 2023 · Absolution takes the form of memories shared between two American women some 60 years after they left Saigon. Tricia Kelly was a shy newlywed in 1963, a parish kindergarten teacher who went to ...
Oct 27, 2023 · 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 ...
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Oct 31, 2023 · A historical fiction novel about two American wives in Saigon during the Vietnam War. They form a friendship and a mission to help the Vietnamese people, but face the consequences of their actions later.
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Absolution is a historical fiction that follows two American women who work as nurses in Saigon in 1963. The novel explores their experiences, challenges, and relationships as they navigate the war, politics, and their husbands' expectations.
Nov 8, 2023 · The words “absolution” and “absolved” pop up repeatedly in the book that serves as a nod to “ The Quiet American,” another look at early U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Its author, English writer Graham Greene, was a Catholic convert who used his own novels to study the moral questions of modern times.
Oct 31, 2023 · The National Book Award winner rewinds the clock 60 years in this crystalline, searching homage to Graham Greene’s ‘The Quiet American’. Review by Hamilton Cain. October 31, 2023 at 10:25 a ...
