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Auteur
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McDermott, Alice 1953-....
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Titre
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Someone [Texte imprimé] / Alice McDermott
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Éditeur
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New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2013
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Description
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1 vol. (232 p.) ; 22 cm
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Résumé
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An ordinary life-its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion-lived by an ordinary, but unforgettable woman. 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...
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ISBN
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978-0-374-28109-0 rel.
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Sujets
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Roman américain--21e siècle
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Fondation Jan Michalski
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Littératures de langue anglaise
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Livre
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8.20 MCDE
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