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Billy fell in love with a beautiful Irish girl working for a wealthy Park Avenue family. Billy wanted to marry Eva, but then she went back to Ireland. Eva died of pneumonia. Billy never got over it. Billy began courting Maeve not long after, but for the rest of their lives, he, she and Dennis shared a hidden, twisted grief.

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'A masterpiece of subtle, oblique storytelling, in which what's left unsaid resonates as much as what's said' TIME OUT 'McDermott takes on the stereotype she has described as 'the lovable Irish drunk' and turns it inside out...showing that the more familiar a story, the harder its truth is to grasp...A constantly surprising and involving novel' HARPERS & QUEEN

Charming Billy

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    A Paperback by Alice McDermott

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 8/7/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780747545392, 978-0747545392
      ISBN10: 0747545391

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Billy fell in love with a beautiful Irish girl working for a wealthy Park Avenue family. Billy wanted to marry Eva, but then she went back to Ireland. Eva died of pneumonia. Billy never got over it. Billy began courting Maeve not long after, but for the rest of their lives, he, she and Dennis shared a hidden, twisted grief.

      Trade Review
      'A masterpiece of subtle, oblique storytelling, in which what's left unsaid resonates as much as what's said' TIME OUT 'McDermott takes on the stereotype she has described as 'the lovable Irish drunk' and turns it inside out...showing that the more familiar a story, the harder its truth is to grasp...A constantly surprising and involving novel' HARPERS & QUEEN

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