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Author:

Hallissy, Margaret author.

Title:

Understanding Alice McDermott / Margaret Hallissy.

Publisher:

University of South Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 138 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

1900-2099
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
McDermott, Alice--Criticism and interpretation.
Women authors, American--21st century--Biography.
Catholic women authors--21st century--Biography.
Women authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Catholic women authors--20th century--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Understanding Alice McDermott -- A bigamist's daughter -- That night -- At weddings and wakes -- Charming Billy -- Child of my heart -- After this -- Someone -- The ninth hour -- The short fiction.

Summary:

"Like many of her characters, Alice McDermott was born in one of New York City's outer boroughs, Brooklyn, in 1953, to an Irish American Catholic family. She and her two brothers were raised in Elmont, New York, just east of the Queens border in southwest Nassau County on Long Island. McDermott's early education took place in the Roman Catholic school system, St. Boniface Elementary School in Elmont and Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, from which she graduated in 1971. While McDermott was studying for her bachelor's degree at the State University of New York at Oswego, Paul Briand, the instructor of a course in nonfiction writing, identified his young student's gift." -- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Understanding contemporary American literature

ISBN:

1643360272
9781643360270

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1100426774

LCCN:

2019020118

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)