Description
In the affluent suburbs of Detroit, a community gripped by fear of a serial killer of children tries to keep life normal—until private desires and public lies begin to surface. Against this atmosphere of dread, Hannah’s intimate encounter with Y.K. becomes a catalyst, drawing her into a web of deceit, moral compromise, and the unsettling consequences of what people hide behind respectability. Joyce Carol Oates delivers a tense, psychologically charged exploration of love and lust, redemption and betrayal, where shocking violence casts a harsh light on the human capacity for both cruelty and hope. With her signature intensity and unflinching attention to the darker currents beneath everyday life, the novel asks what it really means to be responsible for one another when terror turns the neighborhood into a trap.
Available Editions
paperback
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2023
449 pages
ISBN: 9780593468623
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Details
First Published
2023
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates.