Ask again, yes

Resource Information

The work Ask again, yes represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Neenah Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Ask again, yes

Statement of responsibility

Mary Beth Keane

Creator

• Keane, Mary Beth

Author

• Keane, Mary Beth

Subject

• Families -- Fiction
• Forgiveness -- Fiction
• Irish Americans -- Fiction
• Life change events -- Fiction
• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Police -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
• Neighbors -- Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Bildungsromans

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3611.E165

LC item number

A92 2019b

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print basic