Someone, Paperback
Descriere
An ordinary life-its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion-lived by an ordinary, but unforgettable woman: this is the subject of Someone, Alice Mc Dermott's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel. We first glimpse Marie Commeford as a child: a girl in thick glasses observing her pre-Depression world from a Brooklyn stoop. Through her first heartbreak and eventual marriage; her delicate brother's brief stint as a Catholic priest and his emotional breakdown; her career as a funeral director's ""consoling angel""; the deaths of her parents and the births of her children-we follow Marie through the changing world of the twentieth century and her Irish-American enclave. Rendered with remarkable empathy and insight, Someone is a novel that speaks of life as it is daily lived, with passion and heartbreak, a crowning achievement of one of the finest American writers at work today.
Despre autor
Alice McDermott este o scriitoare și profesoară universitară americană. Ea este autoarea a nouă romane și a unei colecții de eseuri. Pentru romanul său din 1998, Charming Billy, a câștigat un premiu American Book și premiul național american pentru ficțiune, fiind finalistă la International Dublin Literary Award și la Orange Prize.
