TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - German Americans
KW - alcoholism
KW - people with mental illness
AU - Kristina McGrath
AB - Guy and Anna Hallissey wed after World War II and raise a working-class Catholic family.  However, Guy suffers from alcoholism and mental illness, which strains the marriage.  Defying the advice of the parish priest, Anna leaves Guy, re-establishes a home for her children, and independently earns a living for the kids by doing house work.
C1 - 1945-68
C3 - Allegheny County; Wilkinsburg; Pittsburgh; North Side; Bloomfield; Oakland; Schenley High School; East Liberty; Erie County; Lake Erie; Erie
C4 - Literary; Bildungsroman; Women’s
CY - Bridgehampton, NY
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - The novel was chosen by <em>The New York Times Book Review</em> as a notable book of 1994.
N2 - Guy and Anna Hallissey wed after World War II and raise a working-class Catholic family.  However, Guy suffers from alcoholism and mental illness, which strains the marriage.  Defying the advice of the parish priest, Anna leaves Guy, re-establishes a home for her children, and independently earns a living for the kids by doing house work.
PB - Bridge Works Publishing Company
PP - Bridgehampton, NY
PY - 1994
RN - Kristina McGrath (1950— ), born and raised in Pittsburgh, earned her BA at Chatham College and MFA at Columbia University. She taught in New York, California, and Kentucky.
EP - 198 p.
TI - House Work
ER -