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The Book Show
The Book Show

Alice McDermott - Absolution

Published November 28, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST
Book cover for "Absolution" by Alice McDermott
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National Book Award-winning author Alice McDermott’s latest, “Absolution,” is the riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. American women and wives have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in “Absolution” they take center stage.

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