A review by thebookishhomesteader
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

2.0

I feel like my expectations of this book were too high going in (I let the praise I had seen get to me). The beginning just drags and could have ended much more quickly, but, alas, it does get better. I didn’t like the premise- that one man can so easily ruin a family but I appreciate the comeback of all the kids and mom in the end. Their stories of making it on their own in their “rag-quilt” lives were lovely.