At Weddings and Wakes (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Mcdermott
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: Brooklyn and suburban Long Island
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, New York City, Sisters, Death or dying, Tragedy, Catholics or Catholic Church, Separation, Weddings
- Locales: Brooklyn, NY, Long Island, NY
Characters Discussed
Robert Dailey,
Margaret Dailey, and
Maryanne Dailey, children who are the focus of the narration. Robert, at age twelve, is the oldest. An altar boy, he is well groomed, polite, unselfish, and studious. Margaret, the middle child, identifies more readily with Maryanne. Neither has aspirations to be a nun matching Robert’s goal of becoming a priest. Both look up to Robert and try to emulate his behavior. The children are presented more forcefully as a group than as individuals.
Lucy Towne Dailey, the children’s mother. She makes...
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