Alice McDermott won the National Book Award in 1998 for" Charming Billy." She is the author of four other novels: "At Weddings and Wakes," a "New York Times" bestseller, "That Night"; and "A Bigamist's Daughter," She lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.
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'[Euan Morton's] steady, gentle delivery allows McDermott's elegant prose to shine. It's a quiet story about love and sacrifice that manages to be extremely moving without becoming sentimental or maudlin. Morton's performance similarly brims with emotion ... SEE MORE