Essays by novelist Mary Gordon about her life in the context of the places she has lived or that were important to her, including her grandmother's house, the Catholic church, and the cities of Rome and New York. A New York Times Nota...

The stories of Mary Gordon return us to the pleasure of this writer's craft and to her monumental talent as an observer of character and of the ever-fading American Dream. These pieces encompass the pre- and postwar Irish American fam...