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A Widow´s Story: A Memoir
Joyce Carol Oates
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Description for A Widow´s Story: A Memoir
paperback. 'My husband died, my life collapsed.' Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
`My husband died, my life collapsed.' 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. Both Joyce and Ray expected him to be released in a day or two. But in less than a week, even as Joyce was preparing for his discharge, Ray was dead from a hospital-acquired virulent infection, and Joyce was suddenly faced - totally unprepared - with the reality of widowhood. `A Widow's Story' illuminates one woman's struggle to ... Read more
`My husband died, my life collapsed.' 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. Both Joyce and Ray expected him to be released in a day or two. But in less than a week, even as Joyce was preparing for his discharge, Ray was dead from a hospital-acquired virulent infection, and Joyce was suddenly faced - totally unprepared - with the reality of widowhood. `A Widow's Story' illuminates one woman's struggle to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007388172
SKU
KMK0021941
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her books include We Were the Mulvaneys; Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and the New York Times bestseller ... Read more
Reviews for A Widow´s Story: A Memoir
`This is one of the most compelling books I have read in a long time. One is with her, every inch of the way, as if her story were one's own.' Observer `There are memorable sentences on every page, little crystalline moments that leap out and stay imprinted in your mind for days afterwards. It's an extraordinary ... Read more