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Daddy Love by Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Daddy Love about?

Dinah Whitcomb seemingly has everything. A loving and successful husband, and a smart, precocious young son named Robbie. One day, their worlds are shattered when Dinah is attacked and Robbie is taken in a mall parking lot. Dinah, injured, attempts to follow, but is run over by the kidnapper's van, mangling her body nearly beyond repair. The kidnapper, a part-time Preacher named Chester Cash, calls himself Daddy Love. He confines Robbie in a device called the Wooden Maiden, in essence a small coffin, and renames him 'Gideon'. Daddy Love slowly brainwashes 'Gideon' into believing that he is Daddy Love's real son, and any time the boy resists or rebels it is met with punishment beyond his wildest nightmares. As Dinah recovers from her wounds, her world and her marriage struggle to exist every day. Though it seems hopeless, she keeps a flicker of hope alive that her son is still alive. As Robbie grows older, he becomes more aware of just how monstrous Daddy Love truly is. Though as a small boy he was terrified of what might happen if he disobeyed Daddy Love, Robbie begins to realize that the longer he stays in the home of this demon, the greater chance he'll end up like Daddy Love's o

Who reads Daddy Love?

Author

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

Publisher

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated; Mysterious Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802120991

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller

Rating

3.37 / 5 (1,415 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13