Warner Books Fiction: #96924

Joyce Carol Oates

In a mythical Upstate New York, the Bellefleur family inhabits a grand mansion where everyday life is threaded with wonder, dread, and sudden transformations. As relationships deepen and secrets surface, the novel follows how love can either become a force of generosity and care—or curdle into pride, possession, and self-interest. Blending magical realism with Oates’s sharp psychological insight, this richly atmospheric story explores the moral tension between caritas and cupiditas, asking what it truly means to give, to desire, and to change. With its baffling complexity and haunting sense of mystery, Bellefleur is a compelling meditation on the forces that shape a family—and the choices that define them.