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Set in the glamorous Salthill-on-Hudson, a town renowned for its rich and beautiful middle‑aged inhabitants, Joyce Carol Oates depicts how a charismatic, mysterious sculptor’s sudden, brash act of heroism echoes through the community. The tragic event rattles the residents, exposing the fragile balance between appearance and reality in a society that prides itself on outward charm and affluence.
The novel explores the ripple effects of a single moment, the tension between youthful vitality and mature experience, and the delicate social fabric that binds a close‑knit community poised on the edge of transformation.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
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