The Gravedigger's Daughter
Joyce Carol Oates$15.29
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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. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace--on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly "American" triumph.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 12/13/2013
ISBN: 9780061236839
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.54w x 1.11d
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/11/2008 pg. 36
Entertainment Weekly 08/08/2008 pg. 72
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 115174 / Gravedigger's Daughter
Reading Level: 6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 30