That Night - Hardcover

McDermott, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374273618 ISBN 13: 9780374273613

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987

Synopsis

During the sixties in Long Island, Rick and Sheryl are high-school sweethearts and, when Sheryl becomes pregnant, must struggle against the strict conventions of their time to prevent their love from being destroyed

About this title

Review:

" A novel about miracles...To enter the world of this incantatory novel is to palpably recall, almost against one' s will, the rash, embattled strivings and disillusionments of first love." -- "Washington Post Book World
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" A rare and memorable work...a mythical tale about America that remembers when youth was young and hope
prevailed...a moving and captivating novel, both celebration and elegy." -- "Cleveland Plain Dealer"
" Remarkable...a dazzling mosaic of details and images...McDermott has wrought a miracle." -- "Chicago Tribune
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" Splendid...original...a rich discursive prose style that belongs entirely to Alice McDermott." -- "New York Times Book Review
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"A novel about miracles...To enter the world of this incantatory novel is to palpably recall, almost against one's will, the rash, embattled strivings and disillusionments of first love."--"Washington Post Book World
"
"A rare and memorable work...a mythical tale about America that remembers when youth was young and hope
prevailed...a moving and captivating novel, both celebration and elegy." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer"
"Remarkable...a dazzling mosaic of details and images...McDermott has wrought a miracle."--"Chicago Tribune
"
"Splendid...original...a rich discursive prose style that belongs entirely to Alice McDermott."--"New York Times Book Review
"

"At once mythic and personal---a novel that possesses the ability to make us remember our own youth and all that has vanished since."---Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"A strong, eloquent novel...McDermott writes clean, simple prose that serves her story beautifully. This novel is as carefully constructed as a poem, giving off a lustrous glow, and is poignant in the telling."---"People

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"Voiced with musical economy...the author's perceptions of suburban life have a rich detail of the quality of a Cheever or an Updike."---"Los Angeles Times

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"McDermott is a spellbinder, adding a cachet of mystery and eloquence to common occurrences....She has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism of a contemporary "Romeo and Juliet"."---"Chicago Tribune

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"To enter the world of this incantatory novel is to palpably recall almost against one's will the rash, embattled strivings and disillusionments of first love."---"The Washington Post Book World

"

At once mythic and personal---a novel that possesses the ability to make us remember our own youth and all that has vanished since. "Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"

A strong, eloquent novel McDermott writes clean, simple prose that serves her story beautifully. This novel is as carefully constructed as a poem, giving off a lustrous glow, and is poignant in the telling. "People"

Voiced with musical economy the author's perceptions of suburban life have a rich detail of the quality of a Cheever or an Updike. "Los Angeles Times"

McDermott is a spellbinder, adding a cachet of mystery and eloquence to common occurrences .She has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism of a contemporary "Romeo and Juliet." "Chicago Tribune"

To enter the world of this incantatory novel is to palpably recall almost against one's will the rash, embattled strivings and disillusionments of first love. "The Washington Post Book World""

"At once mythic and personal---a novel that possesses the ability to make us remember our own youth and all that has vanished since." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"A strong, eloquent novel...McDermott writes clean, simple prose that serves her story beautifully. This novel is as carefully constructed as a poem, giving off a lustrous glow, and is poignant in the telling." --People

"Voiced with musical economy...the author's perceptions of suburban life have a rich detail of the quality of a Cheever or an Updike." --Los Angeles Times

"McDermott is a spellbinder, adding a cachet of mystery and eloquence to common occurrences....She has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism of a contemporary Romeo and Juliet." --Chicago Tribune

"To enter the world of this incantatory novel is to palpably recall almost against one's will the rash, embattled strivings and disillusionments of first love." --The Washington Post Book World

About the Author:

Alice McDermott is the author of five previous novels, including Child of My Heart; Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award; and At Weddings and Wakes, all published by FSG and Picador. She lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0374273618
• ISBN 13: 9780374273613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1