World of Maggie Ward · Book 1
The Cardinal Virtues
- Published
- 1 January 1990
- Pages
- 449
- ISBN-13
- 9780862204570
- Type
- novel
About this book
Opens Andrew M. Greeley's Maggie Ward trilogy in 1990, launching the Chicago Irish Catholic family saga of love, guilt, and forgiveness across generations; at 449 pages it is the longest of the three novels.
Its place in World of Maggie Ward
The Cardinal Virtues is book 1 in the World of Maggie Ward series. It is followed by An Occasion of Sin. 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 9780862204570