Absolution by Alice McDermott (Hardcover) Summer Reads nearly all legislation

nearly all legislation

was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful

"—Gabrielle Zevin

and intense

Absolution by Alice McDermott (Hardcover) Summer Reads nearly all legislationAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Vogue A riveting account of womens lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award. American womenAmerican wiveshave been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in Absolution they take center stage. Tricia is