That Night, (Paperback)

from briannad84

A much better book than her first one!

from Betty.Ann.Beam

Many of us who grew up in the 60's can relate to the events in this novel. Mcdermott presents a single, memorable (small town) event and develops it into a full blown novel.I think the theme of the novel is "despite everything, life goes on". The author is not particularly optimistic. Her charact...

from nancyewhite

From reviews of this and the other McDermott novel I've read, Charming Billy, one either likes or hates the way she frames her narrative. I happen to be one who loves it. This is the story of two young lovers who believe, as we all do then, that love will save them and what happens when it doesn'...

from debnance

A masterpiece. I wish I'd read this book this morning when I was still able to write coherently instead of midnight when I'm in the last seven hours of a twenty-four hour read-a-thon. I loved the way the author switches from first person singular narrator to first person plural narrator in the st...

from kalobo

Rick and Cheryl, two young lovers -- their saga is observed by a young girl who lives in the same neighborhood as Cheryl. Rick, a young punk, gets Cheryl pregant in the early 60s. Her mother whisks her away to her aunt's. Rick, thinking she's left him, starts a rumble in her front yard with the n...