The stories of Mary Gordon

Gordon, Mary 1949- (Author).

Summary: Tales of pre- and post-war Irish American family life.

Record details

ISBN: 0375423168
ISBN: 9780375423161
Physical Description: print
viii, 457 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Pantheon Books, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

New and uncollected. City life ; My podiatrist tells me a story about a boy and a dog ; Separation ; Death in Naples ; Intertexuality ; The deacon ; Bishop's house ; The translator's husband ; The epiphany branch ; Cleaning up ; I need to tell three stories and to speak of love and death ; The baby ; Rosecliff ; The blind spot ; Walt ; Storytelling ; Sick in London ; Conversations in prosperity ; The healing ; Eleanor's music ; Three men tell me stories about their boyhoods ; Vision -- From Temporary shelter. Temporary shelter ; Delia ; The only son of the doctor ; The neighborhood ; Watching the tango ; Agnes ; The magician's wife ; The imagination of disaster ; Out of the fray ; The other woman ; Billy ; Safe ; The dancing party ; Violation ; Mrs. Cassidy's last year ; A writing lesson ; The thorn ; Eileen ; Now I am married.