World of Maggie Ward · Book 2
An Occasion of Sin
- Published
- 1 January 1991
- Pages
- 351
- ISBN-13
- 9780399136344
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 1991 at 351 pages, the second installment continues Greeley's multigenerational study of the same extended family, sitting between The Cardinal Virtues and the series-closing The Search for Maggie Ward.
Its place in World of Maggie Ward
An Occasion of Sin is book 2 in the World of Maggie Ward series. It follows The Cardinal Virtues. It is followed by The Search for Maggie Ward. See the full World of Maggie Ward reading order.
A trilogy of novels centered on Maggie Ward and the Chicago Irish Catholic families around her, moving between the mid-20th century and contemporary settings as Greeley traces love, guilt, and forgiveness across a single extended family. The Search for Maggie Ward, despite being published last of the three, tells the earlier, formative part of the story.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399136344