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We Were the Mulvaneys (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452282827)
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xAn Oprah Book Club(R) selection
A New York Times Notable Book The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet. But something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976--an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home--that rends the fabric of their family life...with tragic consequences. Years later, the youngest son attempts to piece together the fragments of the Mulvaneys' former glory, seeking to uncover and understand the secret violation that brought about the family's tragic downfall. Profoundly cathartic, this extraordinary novel unfolds as if Oates, in plumbing the darkness of the human spirit, has come upon a source of light at its core. Moving away from the dark tone of her more recent masterpieces, Joyce Carol Oates turns the tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into a deeply moving and unforgettable account of the vigor of hope and the power of love to prevail over suffering. "It's the novel closest to my heart....I'm deeply moved that Oprah Winfrey has selected this novel for Oprah's Book Club, a family novel presented to Oprah's vast American family."--Joyce Carol Oates
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN-10: 0452282829
ISBN-13: 9780452282827
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2001
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.77h x 5.96w x 1.22d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 30
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 56913 / We Were the Mulvaneys
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 08/22/2014 pg. 113
A New York Times Notable Book The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet. But something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976--an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home--that rends the fabric of their family life...with tragic consequences. Years later, the youngest son attempts to piece together the fragments of the Mulvaneys' former glory, seeking to uncover and understand the secret violation that brought about the family's tragic downfall. Profoundly cathartic, this extraordinary novel unfolds as if Oates, in plumbing the darkness of the human spirit, has come upon a source of light at its core. Moving away from the dark tone of her more recent masterpieces, Joyce Carol Oates turns the tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into a deeply moving and unforgettable account of the vigor of hope and the power of love to prevail over suffering. "It's the novel closest to my heart....I'm deeply moved that Oprah Winfrey has selected this novel for Oprah's Book Club, a family novel presented to Oprah's vast American family."--Joyce Carol Oates
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN-10: 0452282829
ISBN-13: 9780452282827
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2001
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.77h x 5.96w x 1.22d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 30
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 56913 / We Were the Mulvaneys
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 08/22/2014 pg. 113
By Joyce Carol Oates
xIn addition to many prize-winning and bestselling novels, including We Were the Mulvaneys, A Book of American Martyrs, Black Water, Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart, and Broke Heart Blues, Joyce Carol Oates is the author of a number of works of gothic fiction including Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque, a World Fantasy Award nominee; and Zombie, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, awarded by the Horror Writers' Association. In 1994, Oates received the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award in Horror Fiction. She is the editor of American Gothic Tales.
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