A Widow's Story
A Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
National Medal of Humanities recipient Joyce Carol Oatess critically acclaimed, nationally bestselling memoir about the unexpected death of her husband of 46 years and its wrenching, surprising aftermath, now in paperback.
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National Medal of Humanities recipient Joyce Carol Oatess critically acclaimed, nationally bestselling memoir about the unexpected death of her husband of 46 years and its wrenching, surprising aftermath, now in paperback.
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Critics across the country have raved about Joyce Carol Oates's ground-breaking memoir A Widow's Story, lauding its blazing honesty and raw emotion, calling it ?immensely moving,? ?searing,? ?enthralling,? ?brave,? ?slyly mordant,? and ?astonishingly candid.?On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room of the Princeton Medical Center, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. In less than a week, Ray died from a hospital-acquired virulent infection?and Joyce was suddenly faced with the stunning reality of widowhood.
A Widow's Story illuminates one woman's struggle to comprehend a life absent of the partnership that had sustained and defined her for nearly half a century. As never before, Joyce Carol Oates shares the derangement of denial, the anguish of loss, the disorientation of the survivor amid a nightmare of ?death duties,? and the solace of friendship. Here is a frank acknowledgment of the widow's desperation?only gradually yielding to the recognition that ?this is my life now.?
Enlivened by the piercing vision, acute perception, and mordant humor that are the hallmarks of the work of Joyce Carol Oates, this moving tale of life and death, love and grief, offers a candid, never-before-glimpsed view of this acclaimed author and fiercely private woman.
Autoren-Porträt von Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates, geb. 1938 in Lockport (NY), zählt zu den bedeutendsten amerikanischen Autorinnen der Gegenwart. Für ihre zahlreichen Romane und Erzählungen wurde sie mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem National Book Award. Joyce C. Oates lebt in Princeton, New Jersey, wo sie Literatur unterrichtet. Im Jahr 2012 erhielt sie den Blue Metropolis Literary Grand Prix.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joyce Carol Oates
- 2012, 432 Seiten, Maße: 13,6 x 21 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins US
- ISBN-10: 0062020501
- ISBN-13: 9780062020505
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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