Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

The falls : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco, c2004. - xiv, 481 p. ; 24 cm.

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The family of Dirk Burnaby, a New York State lawyer representing victims of Love Canal, and his wife, Ariah, whose first husband widowed her on their wedding night by jumping into Niagara Falls, is pulled apart by Dirk's obsession with his case and Ariah's fear that her history will repeat itself.

Adult

0060722282 (alk. paper)

2004043310


Suicide victims--Family relationships--Fiction.
Women--New York (State)--Fiction.
Waterfalls--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Suicide--Fiction.
Women--New York (State)--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.


Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Fiction.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Fiction.
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.)--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.

PS3565.A8 / F355 2004

813/.54