β Devlin, Angel
π Fiction
π
2019
π English
β 244 KB
π 1 views
β¦ LIBER β¦
Dear Husband Stories
β Scribed by Joyce Carol Oates
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0061799955
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β¦ Synopsis
A gripping and moving new collection of stories by Joyce Carol Oates, which reimagines the meaning of family β by unexpected, often startling means
With the unflinching candor and symΒpathy for which Joyce Carol Oates is celebrated, these fourteen stories examine the intimate lives of contemporary American families: the tangled ties between generations, the desperation β and the covert, radiant happiness β of loving more than one is loved in return. In "Cutty Sark" and "Landfill," the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion, bringing unexpected consequences for the son. In "A Princeton Idyll," a woman is forced to realize, decades later, her childhood role in the destruction of a famous, beloved grandfather's life. In "Magda Maria," a man tries to break free of the enthralling and dangerous erotic obsession of his life. In the gripping title story, Oates boldly reimagines the true-crime...
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