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Beschreibung
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD'A masterpiece' Time OutA moving novel about love and grief by the New York Times bestselling authorThe late Billy Lynch's family and friends gather at a small bar and grill in the Bronx to remember better times. His widow, Maeve, is there and everyone admires the way she is holding up, just as they always admired the way she cared for Billy after the alcohol had ruined [...] one cannot think of Billy without saying at some point, 'There was that girl'. On Long Island one summer years ago, Billy fell in love with a beautiful Irish girl working for a wealthy Park Avenue family. Billy wanted to marry Eva, but then she went back to Ireland. And then Billy's cousin Dennis had to break the terrible news: Eva had died of [...] never got over it. Anybody who knew him would tell you so. Billy began courting Maeve not long after, but for the rest of their lives, he, she and Dennis shared a hidden, twisted grief.
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD'A masterpiece' Time OutA moving novel about love and grief by the New York Times bestselling authorThe late Billy Lynch's family and friends gather at a small bar and grill in the Bronx to remember better times. His widow, Maeve, is there and everyone admires the way she is holding up, just as they always admired the way she cared for Billy after the alcohol had ruined [...] one cannot think of Billy without saying at some point, 'There was that girl'. On Long Island one summer years ago, Billy fell in love with a beautiful Irish girl working for a wealthy Park Avenue family. Billy wanted to marry Eva, but then she went back to Ireland. And then Billy's cousin Dennis had to break the terrible news: Eva had died of [...] never got over it. Anybody who knew him would tell you so. Billy began courting Maeve not long after, but for the rest of their lives, he, she and Dennis shared a hidden, twisted grief.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert
ISBN-13: 9780747545392
ISBN-10: 0747545391
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McDermott, Alice
Hersteller: Import
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Alice McDermott
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2001
Gewicht: 0,235 kg
Artikel-ID: 134071814