A Widow's Story: A Memoir

By Joyce Carol Oates

Book Overview

Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widow's Story is the universally acclaimed author's poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels ( Blonde , The Gravedigger's Daughter , Little Bird of Heaven , etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. A Widow's Story is a literary memoir on a par with The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin's About Alice .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062015532
• ISBN13: 9780062015532
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Ecco
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"