A widow's story : a memoir
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Published
New York : Ecco, c2011.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780062015532 :, 0062015532 :
Physical Desc
xiv, 415 pages ; 24 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Benton Public Library District - Non-Fiction | 921 OAT OAT | In |
Cahokia Public Library District - Biography - Biography Shelves | B OATES O | In |
Carbondale Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction - Adult Non-Fiction | 921 Oates, Joyce Carol | In |
Carrollton Public Library - Biography | B OAT | In |
Charleston Carnegie Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 813.54 OATES | In |
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Published
New York : Ecco, c2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062015532 :, 0062015532 :
Notes
Description
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 died from a virulent hospital-acquired infection, and Joyce was suddenly faced{u2014}totally unprepared{u2014}with the stunning reality of widowhood. A Widow's Story illuminates one woman's struggle to comprehend a life without 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. She writes unflinchingly of the experience of grief{u2014}the almost unbearable suspense of the hospital vigil, the treacherous "pools" of memory that surround us, the vocabulary of illness, the absurdities of commercialized forms of mourning. Here is a frank acknowledgment of the widow's desperation{u2014}only gradually yielding to the recognition that "this is my life now."
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Oates, J. C. (2011). A widow's story: a memoir . Ecco.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. 2011. A Widow's Story: A Memoir. Ecco.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. A Widow's Story: A Memoir Ecco, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol. A Widow's Story: A Memoir Ecco, 2011.
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