Joyce Carol Oates
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet--a hardworking father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a bright, pretty daughter. They are confident in their love for each other and their position in the rural community of Mt. Ephraimm, New York. But something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976--an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home--that rends the fabric of their family life...with tragic...