Description
Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father--a former high school teacher--is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace--on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly "American" triumph.
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.54w x 1.11d
ISBN13: 9780061236839
ISBN10: 0061236837
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Family Life | General
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