House Work (novel)

House Work
Author Kristina McGrath
Country United States
Language English
Genre Novel, Proletarian literature
Publisher Bridge Works Publishing Company
Publication date
1994
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 198 pp
ISBN 1-882593-07-3
OCLC 30075637
813/.54 20
LC Class PS3563.C3659 H68 1994

House Work is a novel by the American writer Kristina McGrath set in 1950s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

It tells the story of a working-class family of five through shifting points of view. The novel's focus is on a mother's heroism in raising her three children alone after the disintegration of her marriage. Defying the advice of her parish priest, Anna Hallissey leaves her alcoholic husband and re-establishes a home for her children by cleaning other people's houses.[2]

The novel was chosen by The New York Times Book Review as a notable book of the year in 1994.[3]

References

  1. "Kristina McGrath, Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2008".
  2. "House Work (1994), Publishers Weekly, 1994".
  3. "House Work (1994), New York Times Book Review, 1994".


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