Description
In this searing novel, a family’s life fractures after a powerful parent is killed by the police, forcing those left behind to confront grief, guilt, and the stories they tell themselves to survive. As the aftermath unfolds, the book traces how trauma reshapes relationships—especially between a father and daughter—and how estrangement can deepen when truth, responsibility, and memory refuse to align. With Joyce Carol Oates’s incisive, emotionally charged style, the narrative examines contemporary America’s pressures and contradictions, from institutional power to the private costs of public violence. Blending psychological realism with moral urgency, it becomes a haunting meditation on death, resilience, and the fragile ways love can endure—or fail—under unbearable strain.
Available Editions
paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2020
800 pages
ISBN: 9780062797605
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Details
First Published
2020
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars by Joyce Carol Oates.