About this title: In this "New York Times" bestseller, Oates has created a masterpiece of domestic yet mythic realism, at once emotionally engaging and intellectually provocative: an intimately observed testimony to the resilience of the individual.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0061236829 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0061236829 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780061236822ISBN:0061236829
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Read once. In almost perfect condition. Daily shipping. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 592 p. Audience: General/trade. Topics 1930's; Family; Fiction; Mid-Atlantic; New York; Northeast U.S.; Sagas read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 4/1/2008
ISBN-13:9780061236839ISBN:0061236837
Description: Fine. 0061236837 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper, N.Y.
Date Published: 2007
Description: New. Softcover with pages that are clean, crisp and unmarked. When local prejudice and family tragedy happen, the gravedigger's daughter heads out to America...... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN-13:9780061236839ISBN:0061236837
Description: New. New Book. The book shows time wear. Otherwise new condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780739491010ISBN:0739491016
Description: Fine. Paperback, Like New, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases. Fiction Starred Review. At the beginning of Oates's 36th novel, Rebecca Schwart is mistaken by a seemingly harmless man for another woman, Hazel Jones, on a footpath in 1959 Chatauqua Falls, N. Y. Five hundred pages later, Rebecca will find out that the man who accosted her is a serial killer, and Oates will have exercised, in a manner very difficult to forget, two of her recurring themes: the provisionality of identity and ... read more
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; Bought new, read once. Nice-looking copy in unclipped DJ. 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches; 592 pages. read more
"This is one of Joyce Carol Oates best. She has an amazing ability to put herself in another person's skin, no matter who that person might be. Her most intriguing books seem to be about women who experience trauma in their youth and learn to slowly move away from it. This book is very powerful, dealing with how the scars of the Holocaust affect a woman who is born in America to refugees and raised by an abusive alcoholic father and a passive and severely depressed mother. Aside from her abusive father she must contend with bigotry which she does not comprehend, as her parents have abandoned religion and she only slowly realizes she is Jewish based on the anti-semitism she experiences in a small town in upstate New York. I truly empathized as I also came to understand my heritage based on early encounters with anti-semitism. At times, the stories of her childhood were so sad and tragic, I had to put the book down and take a breath. But it is well worth reading to the end."
"A tale of America at a difficult time in our history. This story is told without all the pieces, just like an adult's memory of a difficult childhood where the memories are pieces to a bigger puzzle. You only know what you know once others who knew are dead and gone and it's too late to ask. Some never had a chance to ask. This is a difficult and sad story that made me angry at my fellow citizens and at prejudice in my own heart when I see people who scare me or intimidate me or are "weird" in my eyes. I hope it has opened me up to greater acceptance of diversity as well as made me more willing to speak up wherever and whenever necessary to prevent any violence in word or deed that i can. In fact violence takes many forms and the fact that this girl grows beyond all the forms of violence in her past and creates for herself a life of choice, is, in short, amazing. Whether actually true or not, I bet this story happened all over in our great land and our strongest citizens and greatest contributors may be those who had to escape the pain of their pasts."
"Because it's JCO, you know there will be much human suffering and misery, which indeed there was. But there was also a multi-generational family drama, which was really rich and complex, and a female protagonist, Rebecca, who survives despite hurdles that should have crushed her, both physically and emotionally. And the writing - my lands! Amazing. Some of Rebecca's choices left me scratching my head, and in general she's burdened with so many secrets that I as the reader could practically feel the weight of them. A surprising turn at the end left me hope that there might be one person to whom she could actually be herself and tell the truth about her whole life - but it wasn't the person I thought it should be. Guess if it was, then this wouldn't be true-to-form JCO."
"Joyce Carol Oates is really an amazing writer, however, I don't necessarily love her dark themed writing. This book is the saga of Rebecca Shwart, a daughter of Jewish immigrants to America whose lives don't correspond so nicely with the American dream. After losing both brothers (they ran away) and parents (her father shot her mother), she marries to find happiness but instead finds abuse and loneliness. She and her son escape the abusive relationship and eventually find a sort of happiness but Rebecca (who now calls herself, Hazel) is never really content and cannot escape her past. It is a very well written book but a big lengthy and pretty deep. Oates weaves the story together nicely but doesn't tie up all loose ends which left me wanting to know more. Overall, this is not a book that could be used in school, although Oates' work has been cited on the AP test. There is a lot of language and some sexual encounters. I would not recommend this book very easily... someone would have to enjoy heavy material and Joyce Carol Oates."
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