Absolution by Alice McDermott (Hardcover) Summer Reads a journalist who writes for

a journalist who writes for a travel magazine

her days flawlessly choreographed

she admires the notorious queen most in her circle abhor: Eleanor of Aquitaine

she uncovers the complex interplay between biology and environment that predisposes some individuals to rigid ways of thinking

and intense

Absolution by Alice McDermott (Hardcover) Summer Reads a journalist who writes forAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Vogue A riveting account of womens lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award. American womenAmerican wiveshave been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in Absolution they take center stage. Tricia is