Annotation
This tale, set during the Depression, tells about Francis Phelan and other inhabitants of skid row in Albany, New York.
Awards
1983 National Book Critics Circle Awards
1984 Pulitzer Prize
Characters
| Name | Phelan, Francis |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Gravedigger |
| Traits | Married |
| Father | |
| Alcoholic | |
| Homeless | |
| Name | Archer, Helen |
| Gender | Female |
| Traits | Alcoholic |
| Homeless | |
| Genre | Fiction Historical Domestic Sociological |
| Topics | Death of a child Family tragedy Guilt Accidental deaths Homeless Alcoholism Abandoned families Grief Loss Great Depression Fathers and sons Fatherless families Forgiveness Friendship Life choices |
| Setting | Albany, New York New York |