A Widow's Story

Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widow''s Story is the universally acclaimed author''s poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels ( Blonde , The Gravedigger''s Daughter , Little Bird of Heaven , etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. A Widow''s Story is a literary memoir on a par with The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin''s About Alice .

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2011
• EAN: 9780062015532
• ISBN: 978-0-06-201553-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, Memoirs, Psychology: emotions, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, General and world history, Society and culture: general, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: death and dying, HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, HISTORY: Women, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Life Stages / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Marriage & Family, PSYCHOLOGY: Grief & Loss