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The Ninth Hour
The Ninth Hour
Author: Alice McDermott
On a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens the gas taps in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove -- to the subway bosses who have recently fired him, to his badgering, pregnant wife -- "that the hours of his life belong to himself alone." In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Savior, an aging nu...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781250192745
ISBN-10: 1250192749
Publication Date: 9/4/2018
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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joann avatar reviewed The Ninth Hour on + 398 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This was a well-written, although kind of disjointed, novel about an Irish Catholic Brooklyn in the early 1920's. Jim commits suicide, leaving behind his pregnant wife, Anne. The nuns take care of Anne during her pregnancy and after the birth of Sally.

Sally, growing up with the Sisters, has an inkling to become a Sister. Things change at this point.

This novel was excellently prosed, although there were times when I couldn't really figure out who the author was referring to. Intelligent writing.
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