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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

Breathe : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. - First edition. - New York Harper Collins 2021. - 364 pages ; 24 cm

"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own"-- At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood... and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own. They moved from Cambridge, MA to take residency at a distinguished academic institute in New Mexico. Gerard's mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, has uprooted their lives, but Michaela cares desperately for Gerard in his final days as she comes to realize that her love for her husband, however fierce and selfless, is not enough to save him. -- Adapted from jacket.

ISBN: 9780063085473 006308547X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Married people--Fiction.
Sick--Fiction.
Terminally ill--Fiction.
Diagnostic errors--Fiction.
First loves--Fiction.
Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Mexico--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction

LC Class. No.: PS3565.A8 / B74 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54