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    Grace and gumption in Irish-Catholic Brooklyn

    by Sarah Begley Sep 23, 2017 2 minutes
    McDermott won the 1998 National Book Award for Charming Billy

    NOT MUCH HAPPENS TO THE LITTLE NURSING Sisters of the Sick Poor, the stars of Alice McDermott’s new novel The Ninth Hour—they live to serve others. But plenty has happened to those in their care. These nuns in early–20th century Brooklyn help people in rock-bottom situations: a woman who’s lost her leg to a rabid dog, children with life-threatening illnesses, a wife

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