NEW YORK (PIX11) — Dozens of families enjoyed the combination of art and literature at the Whitney today. It is all a part of the museum’s free Second Sunday program. Parents and their children listened attentively as a New York Public Library librarian read to the kids on Sunday at the Whitney. The event was […]
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Mary Beth Keane’s novel,
Ask Again, Yes, published in May 2019, is a lyrical, moving tale spanning 40 years, about Irish American cops, family, love, alcoholism and mental illness. Told with tenderness and empathy for the human condition, it is sprinkled with just the right amount of humor to carry the story along.
NPR’s Maureen Corrigan called
Ask Again, Yes, “one of the most unpretentiously profound books I’ve read in a long time.”
Mary Beth, who took time out from promoting her book to answer our What Are You Like? questions, is the daughter of Irish immigrants. Her mother is from Mayo and her father is from Connemara – and her insights into the nature of the Irish informs her books.