{"subtitle": "Stories", "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "A gripping and moving new collection of stories by Joyce Carol Oates, which reimagines the meaning of family \u2014 by unexpected, often startling meansWith the unflinching candor and sym\u00adpathy for which Joyce Carol Oates is celebrated, these fourteen stories examine the intimate lives of contemporary American families: the tangled ties between generations, the desperation \u2014 and the covert, radiant happiness \u2014 of loving more than one is loved in return. In \"Cutty Sark\" and \"Landfill,\" the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion, bringing unexpected consequences for the son. In \"A Princeton Idyll,\" a woman is forced to realize, decades later, her childhood role in the destruction of a famous, beloved grandfather's life. In \"Magda Maria,\" a man tries to break free of the enthralling and dangerous erotic obsession of his life. In the gripping title story, Oates boldly reimagines the true-crime story of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her children in 2001. Several stories \u2014 \"Suicide by Fitness Center,\" \"The Glazers,\" and \"Dear Joyce Carol,\" \u2014 take a less tragic turn, exploring with mordant humor the shadowy interstices between self-awareness and delusion.Dramatic, intensely rendered, and always provocative, Dear Husband, provides an unsettling and fascinating look into the mysterious heart of America."}, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2010-03-15T21:14:54.440271"}, "title": "Dear Husband", "covers": [6299763], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2011-11-04T23:05:41.625973"}, "latest_revision": 6, "key": "/works/OL14958333W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL32981A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Families", "Fiction", "OverDrive", "Literature", "Protected DAISY", "Accessible book"], "revision": 6}