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The Ninth Hour: A Novel
The Ninth Hour A Novel
Author: Alice McDermott
ISBN-13: 9780374280147
ISBN-10: 0374280142
Publication Date: 9/5/2017
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
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joann avatar reviewed The Ninth Hour: A Novel on + 426 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.