Man Crazy

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Fresh from the triumph of “We Were the Mulvaneys,” Joyce Carol Oates continues her exploration of family love and possibilities of human redemption with this compelling story of how one young woman suffers profoundly in the pursuit of love, but manages to emerge safe and whole. Set in several towns on the Chatauqua River in upstate New York, Man Crazy tells the story of In….Read More

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