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That Night: A Novel

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Subtle notes of suspense add to Alice McDermott’s immensely satisfying story built around a teenage pregnancy. Rich with emotion and overflowing with what it means to be human, this is McDermott at her perpetual best.

In That Night, New York Times bestselling author Alice McDermott, "has taken a suburban teenage romance and pregnancy and infused it with the power, the ominousness, and the star-crossed romanticism of a contemporary Romeo and Juliet" (Chicago Tribune)

A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award


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