AFTER THIS by Alice McDermott

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MCDERMOTT

This novel depicts an Irish-American family in mid-century America. It spans the era from just after WWII through the seventies, covering the impact of the sexual revolution and the Vietnam War.

With the help of a spinster aunt, John and Mary Keane raise their four children in a middle class Long Island neighborhood. Their lives are through joyous and tragic events that affect all members of the family: the meeting of John and Mary, and outing at sea, the death of a son in the war, an unwanted pregnancy.

Everyone, on some level, can relate to the story of the Keane family. A moving and poignant book.