Breathe : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063085473
- ISBN: 006308547X
- Physical Description: 364 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own"-- Provided by publisher At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood... and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own. They moved from Cambridge, MA to take residency at a distinguished academic institute in New Mexico. Gerard's mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, has uprooted their lives, but Michaela cares desperately for Gerard in his final days as she comes to realize that her love for her husband, however fierce and selfless, is not enough to save him. -- Adapted from jacket. |
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Subject: | Married people > Fiction. Sick > Fiction. Terminally ill > Fiction. Diagnostic errors > Fiction. Love > Fiction. Loss (Psychology) > Fiction. Widows > Fiction. |
Genre: | Novels. |
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- 50 of 51 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Salem Free Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 51 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Salem Free Public Library | FIC OAT (Text) | 33640143780694 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |