Mother, Missing by Joyce Carol Oates

Mother, Missing by Joyce Carol Oates

From one of America's best-loved and most prolific novelists: the story of a woman coming to terms with the violent death of her mother, and uncovering all the hidden secrets stowed away over the years. When her mother uncharacteristically fails to return her phone calls, 31-year-old Nikki Eaton calls in to check up on her. She finds the house turned upside-down, and her mother lying dead, murdered, on the garage floor. Single, sexually liberated and economically self-supporting, Nikki has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. She learns to cope with the unexpected loss of her mother over the course of a tumultuous year of mourning that brings sorrow, and even, from an unexpected source, a nurturing love. This is a candid, engaging and personal novel about mothers and daughters from one of the greatest American novelists alive today.

'A wonderfully engaging story…from one of America's most
prolific and interesting writers who never fails to deliver' Daily Mail

'A brilliant, unmissable novel.' Times

'As fresh, compelling and polished as anything Oates has written.' Glasgow Herald

'One of the female frontrunners for the title of Great American Novelist.' Sunday Times

Joyce Carol Oates is a novelist, critic, playwright, poet and author of short stories and is one of America’s most highly respected literary figures. She currently holds the post of Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University. Her most recent novel, ‘The Gravedigger’s Daughter’, was published in 2007.

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ISBN 13	9780007207978
ISBN 10	0007207972
Title	Mother, Missing
Author	Joyce Carol Oates
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2005-10-03
Number of pages	416
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