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Alison McDermott’s Absolution is reviewed this week. Alice McDermott Absolution Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Absolution is the first of Alice McDermott’s novels I have read. It certainly will not be the last. Absolution is an enticingly written book, with its subtle  descriptions of complex relationships and superbly drawn  characters that draw the reader intoContinue reading “Week beginning 5 July 2023”