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The falls : a novel

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Author).

Ariah Erskine's first husband plunges into Niagara Falls the day after their wedding. As she grieves, she meets another man. They have a passionate love affair, marry, and have children. The tragedy always haunts them, though, bringing distrust, greed, and even murder into their seemingly idyllic lives.

Book  - 2004
FIC Oates
2 copies / 0 on hold
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Subject
Widows > Fiction.
Suicide victims > Family relationships > Fiction.
Remarriage > Fiction.
Women > New York (State) > Fiction.
Waterfalls > Fiction.
Canadian fiction (English)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) > Fiction.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
  • ISBN: 0060722282
  • Physical Description 481 pages
  • Edition 1st ed.
  • Publisher New York : HarperCollins, 2004.

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General Note:
"Ecco".
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 37.95

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