Living in Western diplomatic privilege with cooks and maids and drivers, the women in the new novel “Absolution” spend their days attending luncheons, lectures and cocktail parties as the Vietnam War ...

Cover art for “Absolution” owned by MCD Books. Science fiction and fantasy have their fair share of prequel narratives. The Hunger Games has “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” James Dashner’s Maze ...

Enjoy our latest C21 Book Club conversation with award-winning author Alice McDermott about her latest book, Absolution. This historical fiction masterpiece is set in 1963 Saigon and oozes with faith ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our ...