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Breathe

A novel of love and loss from the bestselling and prizewinning author ofBlonde.

Michaela and her husband have moved to the starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape of New Mexico, to take up an academic residency. But when Gerard is struck by a fatal illness, their life begins to resemble a nightmare. At thirty-seven, Michaela must first face the terrifying prospect of widowhood, then the chaos of the days when Gerard is gone.

Haunting and utterly heart-wrenching, Breathe explores the intense madness of grief and what happens when a love cannot be surrendered.

‘A fever dream of a novel’New York Times

‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going, as far as I’m concerned’ Gillian Flynn, author ofGone Girl

‘America’s preeminent fiction writer’New Yorker ‘A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief’Mail on Sunday


Author:

  • Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator:

  • Cassandra Campbell

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 10 h 47 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Contemporary fiction
  • Personal development
  • Health
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  • Psychology

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    Joyce Carol Oates is a novelist, critic, playwright, poet and author of short stories and one of America’s most respected literary figures. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including and . She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University and a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction.

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