false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166696616m/15974.jpg 15974 17 Based on National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates' novella about the Chappaquiddick scandal, this tragic and beautiful new opera enthralls as a handsome Senator used power to enchant, seduce and carelessly destroy. 3088173 book 1 5 1992 Black Water (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) total:971|5:175|4:303|3:340|2:120|1:33| 971 3380 1377 108 1 2 false false Wed Jan 30 17:04:23 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 13:29:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 18:10:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 18:10:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:29:16 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:29:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 06:49:14 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 12:43:12 -0700 2009
Based on the true story of Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquidick ac...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 02:26:45 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:14:50 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 21:32:10 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 20:21:05 -0700 2008 “You love the life you’ve lived, there is no other.”

For a scant 154 pages, “Black Water” packs quite a brutal punch. Oates will have you squirming in discomfort as you read about Kelly Kelleher, who after a car accident on page one spends the entirety of the novella trapped ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:32:36 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:33:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 29 04:18:51 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 08:25:08 -0700 2007
Not being American and not being old enough to remember the Chappaquiddick incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy, I read this book with no prior knowledge of neither the real-life incident nor of the book depicting it. A close reading of the book tells ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 14:04:29 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:03:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Mar 25 23:22:29 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 23:23:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Fri May 22 13:49:01 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 13:55:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 10:24:18 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:12:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 17:19:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 08:10:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 28 16:15:56 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 02:46:07 -0700 2009 Whether by airplane or car, All-Am...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 08:45:04 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 15:25:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:13:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 10:20:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 21:25:55 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 20:27:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 22:17:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 22:17:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:29:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:29:33 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 18 14:16:38 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 14:19:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15974