Dear Husband: Stories
  • Published:
    Apr-2009 (Hardcover)
    Apr-2010 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    336
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A gripping and moving new collection of stories by Joyce Carol Oates, which reimagines the meaning of family--by unexpected, often startling means

With the unflinching candor and sym­pathy 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--and the covert, radiant happiness--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 story of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her children in 2001. Several stories--"Suicide by Fitness Center," "The Glazers," and "Dear Joyce Carol,"--take a less tragic turn, exploring with mordant humor the shadowy interstices between self-awareness and delusion.

Dramatic, intensely rendered, and always provocative, Dear Husband, provides an unsettling and fascinating look into the mysterious heart of America.
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    • First Edition
    • Apr-2009
    • Ecco Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0061704318
    • ISBN13: 9780061704314
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    • Apr-2009
    • HarperCollins
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1616800763
    • ISBN13: 9781616800765
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    • Apr-2009
    • HarperCollins
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1616835346
    • ISBN13: 9781616835347
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    • Oct-2009
    • Harper
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0061971006
    • ISBN13: 9780061971006
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    • Oct-2009
    • HarperCollins e-books
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Mar-2009
    • Books on Tape
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1415964211
    • ISBN13: 9781415964217



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