{"product_id":"the-ninth-hour-paperback","title":"The Ninth Hour - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Alice McDermott, \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is the critically acclaimed \"haunting and vivid portrait of an Irish Catholic clan in early twentieth century America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine's Top Ten Novels of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2017 Kirkus Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens a gas tap in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove--to the subway bosses who have recently fired him, to his pregnant wife--that \"the hours of his life . . . belonged to himself alone.\" In the aftermath of the fire that follows, Sister St. Saviour, an aging nun, a Little Nursing Sister of the Sick Poor, appears, unbidden, to direct the way forward for his widow and his unborn child. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Catholic Brooklyn in the early part of the twentieth century, decorum, superstition, and shame collude to erase the man's brief existence, and yet his suicide, though never spoken of, reverberates through many lives--testing the limits and the demands of love and sacrifice, of forgiveness and forgetfulness, even through multiple generations. Rendered with remarkable delicacy, heart, and intelligence, Alice McDermott's \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is a crowning achievement of one of the finest American writers at work today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice McDermott \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight novels, including\u003ci\u003e The Ninth Hour\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSomeone\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAfter This\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCharming Billy\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eAt Weddings and Wakes\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThat Night\u003c\/i\u003e--all published by FSG. \u003ci\u003eThat Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e At Weddings and Wakes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter This\u003c\/i\u003e were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. For more than two decades she was the Richard A. Macksey Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the faculty at the Sewanee Writers' Conference. McDermott lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241991061753,"sku":"9781250888396","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cXhZTkRPWWc3djFhb3hvK25jRTZLZz09.webp?v=1768584893","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-ninth-hour-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}