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The Gravedigger's Daughter
by Joyce Carol Oates
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The Gravediggers Daughter A Novel Joyce Carol When local prejudice and the familys own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy the gravediggers daughter Rebecca heads out into America Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious selfinvention she seeks renewal redemption and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph The Gravediggers Daughter Wikipedia The Gravediggers Daughter is a 2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates It is her 36th published novel The novel was based on the life of Oatess grandmother whose father a gravedigger settled in rural America injured his wife threatened his daughter and then committed suicide The Gravediggers Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates After local prejudice and the familys own emotional frailty result in unspeakable tragedy the gravediggers daughter Rebecca begins her astonishing pilgrimage into America an odyssey of erotic risk and imaginative daring ingenious selfinvention and in the end a bittersweetbut very Americantriumph The Gravediggers Daughter Barnes Noble The Gravediggers Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936 the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get gravedigger and cemetery caretaker The Gravediggers Daughter Summary Summary Jacob Schwart a high school teacher is fleeing Nazi Germany with his pregnant wife Anna and their two sons Herschel and August in 1936 The family has just arrived in the United States after crossing the Atlantic Anna gives birth to a girl Rebecca aboard the ocean liner while it is docked in a New York harbor The family’s The Gravediggers Daughter Joyce Carol Oates Paperback When local prejudice and the familys own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy the gravediggers daughter Rebecca heads out into America Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious selfinvention she seeks renewal redemption and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph The Gravedigger’s Daughter – Celestial Timepiece After local prejudice and the family’s own emotional frailty result in unspeakable tragedy the gravedigger’s daughter Rebecca begins her astonishing pilgrimage into America an odyssey of erotic risk and imaginative daring ingenious selfinvention and in the end a bittersweet—but very “American”—triumph The Gravedigger’s Daughter What Smart Women Read The prologue of The Gravedigger’s Daughter begins and ends with the chilling statement “In animal life the weak are quickly disposed of” This quote is repeated throughout the novel and it is even included in the epistolary section at the very end 572 The Gravediggers Daughter A Novel Kindle When local prejudice and the familys own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy the gravediggers daughter Rebecca heads out into America Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious selfinvention she seeks renewal redemption and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph Literary Corner Cafe Book Review The Gravediggers The Gravedigger’s Daughter is at its most engaging when RebeccaHazel is narrating and especially when she’s describing her growing love for Chet Gallagher son of a wealthy family who plays jazz piano and wants Rebecca to let him give both her and NileyZach a new chance at life The book loses power when Oates switches to the very angry NileyZach’s point of view or to Chet’s even when they are talking about RebeccaHazel
