Redemption
14.99 €
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Redemption
14.99 €
A gripping tale of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. American women whose lives were connected to Vietnam, however briefly, have always been supporting characters, extras, in Vietnam War literature, but in Alice McDermott's novel, they are at the center. This is a story of women who became unwitting witnesses to enormous and tragic events.
Tricia is a shy newlywed who married a promising engineer working in naval intelligence. Charlene is an experienced corporate wife and mother of three. In Saigon, these two women form a cautious alliance; both are housewives and assistants to their husbands, but both are concerned about the fate of Vietnam and are willing to "do good" for the Vietnamese.
Sixty years later, Charlene's daughter, inspired by an encounter with an aging Vietnam veteran, contacts Tricia. Together, they look back on that time in Saigon, wryly assessing the pivotal year of 1963 and the place of women in those days—on the periphery of politics, history, war, and their husbands' beliefs.
A virtuoso novel by Alice McDermott, one of the most observant and humane writers, is about folly and grace, obligation and sacrifice, and atonement in a broken world.
Tricia is a shy newlywed who married a promising engineer working in naval intelligence. Charlene is an experienced corporate wife and mother of three. In Saigon, these two women form a cautious alliance; both are housewives and assistants to their husbands, but both are concerned about the fate of Vietnam and are willing to "do good" for the Vietnamese.
Sixty years later, Charlene's daughter, inspired by an encounter with an aging Vietnam veteran, contacts Tricia. Together, they look back on that time in Saigon, wryly assessing the pivotal year of 1963 and the place of women in those days—on the periphery of politics, history, war, and their husbands' beliefs.
A virtuoso novel by Alice McDermott, one of the most observant and humane writers, is about folly and grace, obligation and sacrifice, and atonement in a broken world.
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