Description
When a fourteen-year-old girl becomes the alleged victim of a brutal act of racial violence, her community is thrown into shock—then into a tense, escalating struggle over truth, power, and who gets believed. Centered on a young Black girl and her mother, the story traces how fear and outrage ripple outward, exposing the systems of racism and brutality that can turn everyday life into a fight for survival. With Joyce Carol Oates’s incisive, emotionally charged style, the novel confronts the human cost of sexual violence and the ways institutions and bystanders can compound harm. Ultimately, it is a haunting meditation on sacrifice—what is demanded of the vulnerable, and what it takes to endure when justice feels out of reach.
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Published Jan 1, 2015
ISBN: 9780008114893
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
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