Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with a collection of nineteen startling stories that bear witness to the remarkably varied lives of Americans of our time. In ''Fire,'' a troubled young wife discovers a rare, radiant happiness in an adulterous relationship. In ''Curly Red,'' a girl makes
Collection] I Am No One You Know
โ Scribed by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Book ID
- 106772154
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with a collection of nineteen startling stories that bear witness to the remarkably varied lives of Americans of our time. In "Fire," a troubled young wife discovers a rare, radiant happiness in an adulterous relationship. In "Curly Red," a girl makes a decision to reveal a family secret, and changes her life irrevocably. In "The Girl with the Blackened Eye," selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2001, a girl pushed to an even greater extreme of courage and desperation manages to survive her abduction by a serial killer. And in "Three Girls," two adventuresome NYU undergraduates seal their secret love by following, and protecting, Marilyn Monroe in disguise at Strand Used Books on a snowy evening in 1956.
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