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Ask again, yes : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Ask again, yes : a novel / Mary Beth Keane.

Keane, Mary Beth, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1982106999
  • ISBN: 9781982106997 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1982106980
  • ISBN: 9781982106980 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781982106980 : HRD
  • ISBN: 1982106980 : HRD
  • ISBN: 9781982106980 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1982106980 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781982106997 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1982106999 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 390 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.

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Summary, etc.:
"A family saga about two Irish American families in a New York suburb, the love between two of their children, and the tragedies that threaten to tear them apart and destroy their futures"-- Provided by publisher.
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are two NYPD rookies assigned to the same Bronx precinct in 1973. They aren't close friends on the job, but end up living next door to each other outside the city. What goes on behind closed doors in both houses--the loneliness of Francis's wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian's wife, Anne, sets the stage for the stunning events to come. Ask Again, Yes by award-winning author Mary Beth Keane, is a beautifully moving exploration of the friendship and love that blossoms between Francis's youngest daughter, Kate, and Brian's son, Peter, who are born six months apart. In the spring of Kate and Peter's eighth grade year a violent event divides the neighbors, the Stanhopes are forced to move away, and the children are forbidden to have any further contact. But Kate and Peter find a way back to each other, and their relationship is tested by the echoes from their past. Ask Again, Yes reveals how the events of childhood look different when reexamined from the distance of adulthood--villains lose their menace, and those who appeared innocent seem less so. Kate and Peter's love story is marked by tenderness, generosity, and grace. -- Provided by publisher.
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outside the city. Their children, Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, are born six months apart. As their bond is tested again and again over the next 40 years-- and as Kate and Peter fall in love-- their lives are haunted by echoes from the past. How much can a family forgive? -- adapted from jacket
Subject: Life change events > Fiction.
Forgiveness > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Irish Americans > Fiction.
Police > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Neighbors > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 58 of 62 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show preferred library)

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  • 4 current holds with 62 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
East Side Branch - Bridgeport FIC KEANE (Text) 34000081474538 Adult Fiction Available -
North Branch - Bridgeport FIC KEANE (Text) 34000081497281 Adult Fiction Available -
Ansonia Public Library FIC KEANE, MARY BETH (Text) 34045120741652 Adult Fiction Available -
Beacon Falls Public Library FIC KEA (Text) 33120000392727 Adult Fiction Available -
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted FIC KEANE (Text) 33750000079141 Adult Fiction Available -
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton FIC Kea (Text) 33160142928541 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethel Public Library KEANE (Text) 34030142860342 Adult Fiction Available -
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry AF KEA (Text) 33260000300682 Adult Fiction Available -
Brookfield Library F/KEANE (Text) 34029145629902 Adult Fiction Available -
Burnham Library - Bridgewater FIC KEANE (Text) 36937002157056 Adult Fiction Available -

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