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We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

The first Oprah Book Club® selection of 2001!A New York Times Notable Book"It's the novel closest to my heart.... I'm deeply moved that Oprah Winfrey has selected this novel for Oprah's Book Club, a family novel presented to Oprah's vast American family." —Joyce Carol OatesMoving away from the dark tone of her more recent masterpieces, Joyce Carol Oates turns the tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into a deeply moving and unforgettable account of the vigor of hope and the power of love to prevail over suffering.The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. Ephraim, New York, are a large and fortunate clan, blessed with good looks, abundant charisma, and boundless promise. But over the twenty-five year span of this ambitious novel, the Mulvaneys will slide, almost imperceptibly at first, from the pinnacle of happiness, transformed by the vagaries of fate into a scattered collection of lost and lonely...

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
2016
Language
EN
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction
Rating
3.7 / 5 (149 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14