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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060816228
ISBN-139780060816223
eBay Product ID (ePID)52638712
Product Key Features
Book TitleMissing Mom : a Novel
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicContemporary Women, Family Life, General
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorJoyce Carol Oates
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisNikki Eaton, single, thirty-one, sexually liberated, and economically self-supporting, has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. Yet, following the unexpected loss of her mother, she undergoes a remarkable transformation during a tumultuous year that brings stunning horror, sorrow, illumination, wisdom, and evenfrom an unexpected sourcea nurturing love., "Missing Mom" is the story of Nikki Eaton, a liberated 31-year-old woman who never thought of herself as a daughter until the sudden loss of her mother. After a tumultuous year of sorrow, illumination, and wisdom, Nikki finds a nurturing love from an unexpected source in Oates's moving novel.