{"product_id":"mudwoman-paperback-1","title":"Mudwoman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Oates is just a fearless writer...with her brave heart and her impossibly lush and dead-on imaginative powers.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\" An] extraordinarily intense, racking, and resonant novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most acclaimed writers in the world today, the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates follows up her searing, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling memoir, \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e, with an extraordinary new work of fiction. \u003cem\u003eMudwoman\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting psychological thriller, taut with dark suspense, that explores the high price of repression in the life of a respected university president teetering on the precipice of a nervous breakdown. Like Daphne DuMaurier's gothic masterwork, \u003cem\u003eRebecca\u003c\/em\u003e, and the classic ghost story, \u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e, by Henry James, Oates's \u003cem\u003eMudwoman\u003c\/em\u003e is a chilling page-turner that hinges on the power of the imagination and the blurry lines between the real and the invented--and it stands tall among the author's most powerful and beloved works, including \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gravedigger's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting novel that explores the high price of successin the life of one woman, and her hold upon her self-identityin the face of personal and professional demons, from Joyce Carol Oates, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMudgirl is a child abandoned by her mother in the silty flatsof the Black Snake River. Cast aside, Mudgirl survives byan accident of fate--or destiny. Meredith M.R. Neukirchenis the first woman president of an Ivy League university, butshe is confronted with challenges to her leadership which testher in ways she could not have anticipated. The fierce idealismand intelligence that delivered her from a more conventionallife in her upstate New York hometown now threaten to undoher. A reckless trip upstate will thrust M.R. into an unexpectedpsychic collision with Mudgirl and the life M.R. believes shehas left behind. A powerful exploration of the enduring claimsof the past, \u003cem\u003eMudwoman\u003c\/em\u003e explores the tension between childhoodand adulthood, the real and the imagined, and the public andprivate in the life of a highly complex contemporary woman.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting novel that explores the high price of successin the life of one woman, and her hold upon her self-identityin the face of personal and professional demons, from Joyce Carol Oates, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMudgirl is a child abandoned by her mother in the silty flatsof the Black Snake River. Cast aside, Mudgirl survives byan accident of fate--or destiny. Meredith \"M.R.\" Neukirchenis the first woman president of an Ivy League university, butshe is confronted with challenges to her leadership which testher in ways she could not have anticipated. The fierce idealismand intelligence that delivered her from a more conventionallife in her upstate New York hometown now threaten to undoher. A reckless trip upstate will thrust M.R. into an unexpectedpsychic collision with Mudgirl and the life M.R. believes shehas left behind. A powerful exploration of the enduring claimsof the past, \u003cem\u003eMudwoman\u003c\/em\u003e explores the tension between childhoodand adulthood, the real and the imagined, and the \"public\" and\"private\" in the life of a highly complex contemporary woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.94 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915337953596,"sku":"9780062107268","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/YjdOa0lNbWh1MklwcE9NUHZmbHJaUT09.webp?v=1774361623","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/mudwoman-paperback-1","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}