The Ninth Hour

Name: The Ninth Hour
ISBN: 9780374280147

by Alice McDermott

Kirkus Prize · 2017 · ShortlistNational Book · 2017 · Shortlist

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Farrar, Straus and GirouxSeptember 19, 2017Literary FictionISBN 9780374280147

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction	2017	Shortlist
National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction	2017	Shortlist

About This Book

A young widow and her daughter are taken in by a convent of nuns in Depression-era Brooklyn. A luminous, compassionate novel about vocation, faith, and the quiet heroism of care. NBCC Fiction finalist 2017.

About the Author

Alice McDermottUS

Alice McDermott is an American novelist born in Brooklyn, New York in 1953. She was shortlisted for the NBCC Fiction Award in 2017 for *The Ninth Hour*, a novel about a community of nuns in Depression-era Brooklyn. She has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and her novel *Charming Billy* won the National Book Award in 1998.