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The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. I love reading and We Were The Mulvaneys is one of my favorite books and Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favorite writers. High Point Farm was a well-known property in the Valley, in time to be designated a historical landmark, and "Mulvaney" was a well-known name. And thus, as the family slowly starts to disintegrate, we can see what the different members of the family decide to do next, how they cope, and how their preconceived ideas for the future start to alter. AmazonUIPageJS : P).when('atf').execute(function(){ We Were the Mulvaneys was featured in Oprah's Book Club in January, 2001. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? 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We Were the Mulvaneys. #wow-twister-loading-dim { A tight-knit, rural family is shattered in this heart-wrenching drama about the emotional price of shame and rage after their only daughter is raped. For a long time you envied us, then you pitied us. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? Where's Baby?—who's got Baby? (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? AmazonUIPageJS : P).load.js('https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/618ZQgLohPL.js?AUIClients/DetailPageAllOffersDisplayAssets&oSfQHOtx#mobile.302352-T1.333153-T1.323159-T1.327966-T1.271591-T1'); I was born in 1963, the year Dad used to say, with a grim shake of his head, a sick-at-heart look in his eyes, "tore history in two" for Americans. The Mulvaneys are a little bit of all families - a microcosm of the mundane and the drama that encompass all of us. 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I got involved in the lives, the thoughts, the emotions of all of them. Please use a different way to share. background: url("https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/amazonui/loading/loading-4x._V1_.gif") 50% 50% no-repeat; ― Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys. Profoundly cathartic, this extraordinary novel unfolds as if Oates, in plumbing the darkness of the human spirit, has come upon a source of light at its core. As he What worried me was I'd come along so belatedly, everyone else was here except me! Download Full PDF Package. #wow-twister-spinner { Bringing to life a family with all its warts and all, so this becomes a good dissection of a cohesive group who loses that cohesion, and how tragedy starts to become apparent. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2017. }); February 14, 1976--the Mulvaney's only daughter, Marianne, attends the prom at the local high school and high on her popularity makes a … 2011 Carthage. The “Were,” was ever present while reading about this highly functional, amazing family. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Why this works so well is because we can all identify somewhat with this story, although of course not all of us have a family member who suffers like Marianne, but as we know if we look at our own families there are certain quirks people have, and secrets kept by some from others. }); We Were the Mulvaneys Symbols & Motifs. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? Sure, I was there! Joyce Carol Oates has crafted a well thought out and quite intimate novel of a family, and family life in small-town America. 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