House Work (novel)
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Author | Kristina McGrath |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel, Proletarian literature |
Publisher | Bridge Works Publishing Company |
Publication date | 1994 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 198 pp |
ISBN | 1-882593-07-3 |
OCLC | 30075637 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3563.C3659 H68 1994 |
House Work is a novel by the American writer Kristina McGrath set in 1950s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
It tells the story of a working-class family of five through shifting points of view. The novel's focus is on a mother's heroism in raising her three children alone after the disintegration of her marriage. Defying the advice of her parish priest, Anna Hallissey leaves her alcoholic husband and re-establishes a home for her children by cleaning other people's houses.[2]
The novel was chosen by The New York Times Book Review as a notable book of the year in 1994.[3]
References
- ^ "Kristina McGrath, Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2008".
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