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Ironweed
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4 out of 5
Based on 70 Ratings and 70 Reviews

Book Description
Francis Phelan, ex-big-leaguer, part-time gravedigger, full-time bum with the gift of gab, is back in town. He left Albany twenty-two years earlier after he dropped his infant son accidentally, and the boy died. Now he's on the way back to the wife and home he abandoned, haunted at every corner by the ghosts of his violent life. Francis; his wino ladyfriend of nine years, Helen; and his stumblebum... More
Book Information
PublisherTurtleback Books
BindingSchool & Library Binding (50 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100613052412
ISBN-13978-0613052412
Publication Date02/1984
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About William Kennedy (Author) : William Kennedy is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of William Kennedy include Ironweed.
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