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In Joyce Carol Oates’ intense psychological fiction, Teena Maguire, a single mother, endures a traumatic gang rape on a Fourth of July celebration. When she reports the crime to the Niagara Falls Police, she and her daughter become targets of continued harassment and retaliation from the perpetrators, leading to a harrowing exploration of victimhood, justice, and the fraught dynamics between a mother and her child.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
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