Further Reading
- Additional coverage of McDermott's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 109; and Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 40.
- Bawer, Bruce. "Of Families and Foreigners." The Wall Street Journal CCXIX, No. 85 (30 April 1992): A10. (Comparative review of McDermott's At Weddings and Wakes and Francine Prose's Primitive People. Bawer acclaims At Weddings and Wakes as a poignant and lyrical reminder of death's inevitability.)
- Gingher, Marianne. "First Love and Early Sorrow." Washington Post Book World XVII, No. 15 (12 April 1987): 1, 3. (Favorable review of That Night. Praising McDermott's focus on death and love, Gingher argues that the narrator's "uncanny omniscience" and contemplative voice, although at times disconcerting and intrusive, ultimately impart depth and wisdom to the novel.)
- Petroski, Catherine. "Life's Vital, Mysterious Family Rites." Chicago Tribune Books (29 March 1992): 1, 4. (Praises McDermott's use of characterization and her generous and complex portrayal of familial intimacies in At Weddings and Wakes.)
- Review of That Night, by Alice McDermott. Time 130, No. 4 (27 July 1987): 64. (Commends McDermott's depiction of intergenerational conflict in That Night.)
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