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A review by trisha_thomas
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
5.0
I actually read this book quite a while ago, but it has stuck with me. I really loved this book.
Maybe because I am a survivor. My father changed afterwards as well. I still think he has a tough time looking me in the eyes because he feels somehow he failed me (because he couldn't protect me).
I think this book is a painfully true account of how a family handles something so real and awful. You look at the pain and destruction square in the face with this book and when you're done, you know it's changed you.
And when something like an attack shakes the foundation of a family, you just never know how each person will take it. Each person handles it in their own way ~ whether right or wrong.
Maybe because I am a survivor. My father changed afterwards as well. I still think he has a tough time looking me in the eyes because he feels somehow he failed me (because he couldn't protect me).
I think this book is a painfully true account of how a family handles something so real and awful. You look at the pain and destruction square in the face with this book and when you're done, you know it's changed you.
And when something like an attack shakes the foundation of a family, you just never know how each person will take it. Each person handles it in their own way ~ whether right or wrong.