“An elegant and moving generational saga . . . Satisfying and emotionally rich.”—People
Both Ellen and Vincent left Ireland in the early part of this century, one bitterly escaping shame, humiliation, and fear; the other filled with hope for the promise and future of America—the “other side.” Together for more than sixty years, they raised a family, savored their dreams, comforted, challenged, and defied one another. Their desires and fears are manifested in the generations that follow—children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, each carrying as a legacy of the past, the need to find a true place in the family and in the world at large.
As she writes of passage and change, of the struggle of generations to find a common ground, Mary Gordon reveals that the dramas wrought by social and cultural forces can be resolved only in the realm of the heart.
“Epic in scope . . . The best of Mary Gordon’s fine books.” – The New York Times Book Review
- ISBN10 0140144080
- ISBN13 9780140144086
- Publish Date 29 November 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 400
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780140144086