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.
year: 2005, 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: suicide victims, family relationships, fiction, women, new york (state), waterfalls, widows, suicide, niagara falls (n.y. and ont.), fiction, love canal chemical waste landfill (niagara falls, n.y.), niagara falls (n.y.)
Editions
Oates, Joyce Carol
Harper Perennial (2005)
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.
Schools: 0
Oates, Joyce Carol
Ecco (2004)
Schools: 2