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We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah book)

The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family. The Mulvaneys are seemingly blessed by everything that makes life sweet. They live together in the picture-perfect High Point Farm, just outside the community of Mt Ephraim, New York, where they are respected and liked by everybody. Yet something happens on Valentine's Day 1976. An incident involving Marianne Mulvaney, the pretty sixteen-year-old daughter, is hushed up in the town and never discussed within the family. The impact of this event reverberates throughout the lives of the characters.

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  • "Gab bags"@en
  • "We were the Mulvaneys"@it
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  • "The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family. The Mulvaneys are seemingly blessed by everything that makes life sweet. They live together in the picture-perfect High Point Farm, just outside the community of Mt Ephraim, New York, where they are respected and liked by everybody. Yet something happens on Valentine's Day 1976. An incident involving Marianne Mulvaney, the pretty sixteen-year-old daughter, is hushed up in the town and never discussed within the family. The impact of this event reverberates throughout the lives of the characters."
  • "The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family. The Mulvaneys are seemingly blessed by everything that makes life sweet. They live together in the picture-perfect High Point Farm, just outside the community of Mt Ephraim, New York, where they are respected and liked by everybody. Yet something happens on Valentine's Day 1976. An incident involving Marianne Mulvaney, the pretty sixteen-year-old daughter, is hushed up in the town and never discussed within the family. The impact of this event reverberates throughout the lives of the characters."@en
  • ""The Mulvaneys are blessed with a successful, hard-working father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a sweet, pretty daughter. Their residence is picture-perfect High Point Farm, long since converted from actual farming to the cultivation of the joys of country living. Their position in the community seems secure. But something ahppens to 16-year-old Marianne on Valentine's Day, 1976, and incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home that causes the bottom to fall out of their world."--Jacket."
  • "A happy family, the Mulvaneys. After decades of marriage, Mom and Dad are still in love--and the proud parents of a brood of youngsters that includes a star athlete, a class valedictorian, and a popular cheerleader. Home is an idyllic place called High Point Farm. And the bonds of attachment within this all-American clan do seem both deep and unconditional. But as we all know, Eden can't last forever."@en
  • "Les Mulvaney vivent heureux dans leur ferme avec trois fils et une fille, Marianne. Mais le jour de la Saint-Valentin, en 1976, tout vole en éclats. Le benjamin, Judd, devenu journaliste, retrace l'histoire des siens : la désagrégation de la famille, la dureté de la société à l'égard des perdants et le parcours long et douloureux avant de parvenir à un nouvel équilibre."
  • "Tutti ammirano i Mulvaney, tutti li invidiano. Sono un clan chiassoso e allegro, una famiglia perfetta; la loro fattoria nel nord dello stato di New York è una casa da fiaba abitata da uno stuolo di cani, gatti, cavalli, mucche e pecore, sempre piena di amici e parenti. Michael, il padre, ha un'impresa edile ben avviata, è conosciuto, rispettato, membro orgoglioso del country club. Sua moglie Corinne è una donna "nervosamente allegra", visceralmente anticonformista, con una solida fede religiosa, la mente sempre in fermento, la passione per l'antiquariato e la politica. I figli conoscono soltanto valori saldi e fiducia nella vita: Mike junior è un campione di football, Patrick un genio in erba delle scienze naturali, il piccolo Judd l'adorante mascotte dei fratelli maggiori. Poi c'è Marianne, bella, dolcissima, sempre attenta agli altri, che si affaccia con un po' di ingenuità ai suoi sedici anni. Ma nel giorno di san Valentino del 1976, dopo il ballo della scuola, le accade qualcosa di terribile. Un "incidente" innominato e innominabile che avvelena la serenità della famiglia, spezza quei codici di comunicazione che permettevano ai Mulvaney di capirsi senza fatica, di riconoscersi come parte di un tutto. È un incantesimo malvagio, la famiglia perfetta non esiste più. L'affetto che li lega non riesce più a scorrere; l'evento drammatico li trasforma, li allontana; ciascuno combatte la sua lotta in nome della giustizia, della vendetta, o del perdono."
  • "A family of six disintegrates after a daughter is raped by a high-school student. It happens to the wealthy Mulvaneys in upstate New York. The disgrace--there is some question if it was rape--sends the father to drink and financial ruin, the girl leaves home, the others follow. By the author of What I Lived For."
  • "A family of six disintegrates after a daughter is raped by a high-school student. It happens to the wealthy Mulvaneys in upstate New York. The disgrace--there is some question if it was rape--sends the father to drink and financial ruin, the girl leaves home, the others follow. By the author of What I Lived For."@en
  • "The Mulvaneys, at first a close and very lucky family, drift apart over the years, until the youngest son, Judd, discovers the secret of their downfall and sets out to help reunite the family."@en
  • "A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder of miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."@en
  • "Ask librarian for help in locating."@en
  • "The Mulvaneys are blessed with a hard-working father, a loving mother, 3 fine sons and a pretty daughter. Confident in their position in a rural New York community, something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976, an incident, hushed up in the town, and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home--rends the family life with tragic consequences."@en
  • "Oprah's Book Club Jack The Bookman."@en
  • "A family of six disintegrates after a daughter is raped by a high-school student. It happens to the wealthy Mulvaneys in upstate New York. The disgrace--there is some question if it was rape--sends the father to drink and financial ruin, the girl leaves home, the others follow."
  • "A New York Times Notable Book and a former Oprah Book Club selection Moving away from the dark tone of her more recent masterpieces, Joyce Carol Oates turns the tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into a deeply moving and unforgettable account of the vigor of hope and the power of love to prevail over suffering. The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. Ephraim, New York, are a large and fortunate clan, blessed with good looks, abundant charisma, and boundless promise. But over the twenty-five year span of this ambitious novel, the Mulvaneys will slide, almost imperceptibly at first, from the pinnacle of happiness, transformed by the vagaries of fate into a scattered collection of lost and lonely souls. It is the youngest son, Judd, now an adult, who attempts to piece together the fragments of the Mulvaneys' former glory, seeking to uncover and understand the secret violation that occasioned the family's tragic downfall. Each of the Mulvaneys endures some form of exile--physical or spiritual--but in the end they find a way to bridge the chasms that have opened up among them, reuniting in the spirit of love and healing. Profoundly cathartic, Oates' acclaimed novel unfolds as if, in the darkness of the human spirit, she has come upon a source of light at its core. Rarely has a writer made such a startling and inspiring statement about the value of hope and compassion."@en

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  • "Psychological fiction, American"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction, American"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "Una famiglia americana"@it
  • "Una famiglia americana"
  • "We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah book)"@en
  • "We were the Mulvaneys"@en
  • "We were the Mulvaneys"
  • "Vi var Familien Mulvaney"
  • "We were the Mulvaneys : a novel"
  • "Wir waren die Mulvaneys Roman"
  • "Sníh po Velikonocích"
  • "We Were the Mulvaneys [a novel]"@en
  • "We were the Mulvaneys / M"
  • "Nous étions les Mulvaney"
  • "We Were The Mulvaneys"@en
  • "Mishpaḥat Malvaini"
  • "Qué fue de los Mulvaney"@es
  • "Qué fue de los Mulvaney"
  • "Nous étions les Mulvaney : roman"
  • "We Were the Mulvaneys"@en
  • "Una famiglia americana : [romanzo]"
  • "We were the Mulvaneys [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]"@en
  • "We were the Mulvaneys : by Joyce Carol Oats"@en
  • "We were the mulvaneys"
  • "We were the mulvaneys"@en
  • "Wir waren die Mulvaneys : Roman"
  • "We were the Mulvaneys [sound recording]"
  • "We were the Mulvaneys [sound recording]"@en

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