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After This: A Novel
by Alice McDermott
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Disappointing 
I must say this book was a disappointment. Maybe it is just the style of the author I did not care for. At times I found the plot
iteresting to keep reading. However, it was hard to follow. The author seems to jump around too much and not stick with a thought.
I have no problem with the plot being a so called "Catholic family". In fact the plot sounded like my type of book. But, the style of writing is not my cup of tea. I doubt I will seek out other books by Alice McDermott.
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Beautifully written, but doesn't gel 
Alice McDermott is a wonderfully evocative writer, but for me, the story didn't come together in any meaningful way. More like a series of vignettes or short stories. A little tedious, in fact.
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A flawless examination of the private moments of one family's life 
A collection of vignettes about the Keane family of Long Island, living in the wake of the Vietnam War. In vignette-like chapters, McDermott probes the inner lives of this family. McDermott flawlessly encapsulates an era in the private moments of one family's life.
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A mighty wind blows through it
I really enjoyed "Charming Billy" and looked forward to this novel, especially after all the glowing reviews in the press. But seriously, that wind started a'blowin' on page one and kept on for the next 80 pages or so. Blowing people and their lives randomly into the unknowable future. In case you didn't get the meaning of the wind, its spelled out on the back cover. The wind finally lets up and turns to rain -right when people start crying (raindrops =tear drops, get it? Ms. McDermott even explains it for... more info
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