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jenn
Mar 02, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2008, 1001
A cautionary tale?

Very well written, except I can't understand why she felt the need to eschew so much punctuation. Unless JCO wrote the book in the time it took me to read it, which, from what I have heard, is not outside the realm of possibility. ...more
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Monica
Aug 25, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2008, 1001
This lightning fast novella is an imagined retelling of the Chappaquiddick incident that cost Ted Kennedy his shot at the presidency. I'm not sure if its the elections, but I'm very interested in fiction about political figures lately (American Wife up next!). This one was high on Entertainment Weekly's New Classics list so I thought I would give it a shot. I'm glad I did.

This is my first Joyce Carol Oates and it seems like an ideal introduction. Her voice is lyrical but not annoyingly so, thoug ...more
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Arianna
Mar 21, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library-book, capital
Because this was based on the Chappaquiddick incident, I couldn't bring myself out of continuing to imagine the 60s instead of the 90s, which kind of messed with my head a lot (especially at the end, when a CD is mentioned!). I thought it was a VERY interesting take on the incident from the woman's perspective. And it was very well-written with the flashbacks and story woven in together. ...more
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Jen
Sep 22, 2007 rated it really liked it
Oates turns her dark, perceptive eye to a fictitous account of the Chappaquiddick incident. Told from the perspective of the girl dazzled by The Senator who drowns in the car accident when he's driving, I devoured this book in one sitting. ...more
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Jennie
Jul 24, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Slinkyboy
Sep 18, 2007 rated it liked it
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Mehdi
Sep 25, 2007 rated it it was ok
Terri
Mar 12, 2008 rated it it was amazing
akaellen
Jul 03, 2008 marked it as to-read
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Cynthia Paschen
Oct 11, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Nov 24, 2009 marked it as to-read
Terri FL
Feb 09, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 28, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Feb 16, 2013 marked it as to-read
Carly
Mar 11, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Inder
May 23, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Aug 12, 2021 rated it liked it
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Dianna
Dec 15, 2024 rated it it was ok
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Mandy
Nov 08, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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