At the moment, things seem to come in threes in Alice McDermott's life: three children, three novels, three universities in which she's taught, even three cross-country moves since the launching of her remarkable career. Her son Willie, now 8, came after her first novel, A Bigamist's Daughter. The birth of Eames, a little girl now 4, followed the publication of That Night, which was nominated for the National Book Award and made into a movie to be released later this year. Patrick, the child to follow her most recent book, At Weddings and Wakes, arrived a mere six weeks ago. Her children seem ...
