Ironweed: A Novel Materials & Material Science and a love affair that

and a love affair that will bridge centuries

and made me remember things I thought I wanted to forget

Long before reality-show staples "Big Brother" and "The Real World" tapped into the drama and high-hilarity of cohabitation

All the helpful hints and drawings are done by me

Ironweed: A Novel Materials & Material Science and a love affair that[W]ith Ironweed, William Kennedy is making American literature.The Washington Post Book World Francis Phelan has hit bottom. More than twenty years ago, the ex ballplayer, part time gravedigger, and full time bum with the gift of gab left Albany after a tragic accident. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town and faced with the wife and home he abandoned, roaming the old familiar streets, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present.