| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780452272316 | | Publisher: Plume Books | | Publish Date: 8/1/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 30073261 | | Item#: RHH6DT | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.5L x 0.75T |
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| | | | "Never never tell, Maddy-Monkey, they warned me, it's Death if you tell any of Them but now after so many years I am going to tell, for who's to stop me?.." (from the first line) Oates's most powerful work yet, now in a trade paper edition. Foxfire chronicles the life of five unforgettably real teenage girls in upstate New York in the 1950s. This controversial, topical tale captures the exhilaration of conspiracy, the blaze of youth, and the inevitable end of violence.
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In a working-class town in upstate New York in the 1950s, five girls form a gang. One of its members, Legs Sadovsky, is their leader, and years later Maddy-Monkey Wirtz tells their story.
| Author Bio| Joyce Carol Oates | | The daughter of a tool-and-die designer from upstate New York, Oates was given a typewriter at 14 and never looked back. A famously prolific writer, she typically publishes several novels, short stories, poems and critical articles every year while also maintaining an active teaching career. She attributes her prolific career to regular hours and a love of what she does. Oates's successes began early: she was valedictorian of her class at Syracuse University and then went on to earn an M.A. in English literature at the University of Wisconsin where, in 1961, she met Raymond J. Smith; they were married three months later. She and Smith have since taught at various colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, including Princeton. Together, they also run the Ontario Review Press, which they founded in 1974. Oates writes in a variety of fiction genres, including a series of suspense novels written under the name Rosamond Smith, as well as some young adult works. She is best known for writing about human evil or people in bizarre and often violent situations, and many of her books reflect her working-class Upstate New York background. |
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