A tender, sad and funny book from the author of the National Book Award-nominated That Night and Charming Billy
Alice McDermott beautifully evokes three generations of an Irish-American family in this "haunting and masterly work of literary art" (The Wall Street Journal).
A moving evocation of life's inexplicable calamities and also a magical celebration of childhood and the bonds of family, At Weddings and Wakes is the story of three generations of an Irish-American family through the eyes of its youngest ...
At once a moving evocation of life's inexplicable calamities and a magical celebration of childhood and familial love, AT WEDDINGS AND WAKES is the story of three generations of an Irish-American family through the eyes of its youngest ...
Three generations of an Irish-American family suffer through life's inexplicable calamities and celebrate love, childhood, and joy