{"product_id":"the-ninth-hour-alice-mcdermott","title":"The Ninth Hour (Alice Mcdermott)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMAGAZINE'S TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning author comes a luminous, deeply humane novel about three generations of an Irish immigrant family in 1940s and 1950s Brooklyn - for those who love Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright and Anne Tyler\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a dim winter afternoon in a Brooklyn tenement, a young Irish immigrant unhooks the oven gas, and inhales. In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Savior, an ageing nun appears, unbidden, to direct the way forward for his widow and unborn child. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is how Sally comes to grow up in the convent laundry, amidst the crank of the wringer and the hiss of the iron, her universe governed by the strange, kind and mysterious Little Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut although superstition and shame will collude to erase Sally's father's brief existence, his suicide will reverberate through many lives and over many decades. And when she comes of age, Sally will commit her own irrevocable deed, sacrificing her grace at the altar of human love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully written, heart-wrenching and funny by turns ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edeeply vivid and authentic' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlice McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eSomeone, The Ninth Hour,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter This, Child of My Heart, Charming Billy, At Weddings and Wakes, That Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Bigamist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e.  She won the National Book Award, has been Pulitzer Prize finalist three times and been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. She lives with her family outside Washington DC.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65894403735901,"sku":"K069130157","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6913015700001A.jpg?v=1789142935","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-ninth-hour-alice-mcdermott","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}