Title: Very old bones
Description: In the sequel to Ironweed, Orson Purcell, the bastard son of Peter Phelan, tells stories about members of the family, based on information from a family gathering in 1958.
Subjects: Fiction, Phelan family (Fictitious characters), Families, Family, Mentally ill men, Redemption, Family reunions, Fathers and sons, Mental illness, Artists, American Historical fiction, Irish American families, Fifties (20th century), Children of single parents, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Albany (n.y.), fiction, Phelan family (fictitious characters), fiction, Fiction, sagas
Places: Albany, Albany (N.Y.), New York (State)