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Title: A Book of American Martyrs
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Narrator: Neil Hellegers, Tavia Gilbert, Kristen Potter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 25 hrs and 15 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Two families. Two faces of America. An act of violence with far-reaching consequences.
Gus Voorhees is a pioneer in the advancement of women's reproductive rights and a controversial abortion provider in the American Midwest. One morning as he arrives at his clinic, he is ambushed by a hardline Christian, Luther Dunphy, and shot dead.
The killing leaves in its wake two fatherless families: the Voorheeses, who are affluent, highly educated, secular and pro-choice, and the Dunphys, their opposite on all counts.
When the daughters of the two families, Naomi Voorhees and Dawn Dunphy, glimpse each other at the trial of Luther Dunphy, their initial response is mutual hatred. But their lives are tangled together forever by what has happened, and throughout the years to come and the events that follow, neither can quite forget the other.
A heart-rending reckoning with some of the most incendiary issues that divide us in our troubled times - religious extremism; abortion; gun violence; capital punishment - this is a novel Joyce Carol Oates was born to write. To listen to it is to encounter the full spectrum of humanity - its ugliness, misery, beauty and hope.
Members Reviews:
Abortion is not the theme of this novel!
This novel may be promoted around the idea that the martyrs are those on either âsideâ of the abortion issue. Some have accused the author of promoting tired stereotypical characters representing these sides. But from my standpoint, abortion made the perfect âfoilâ for a powerful examination of family; how families connect, disconnect, re-form and blow apart. Just as there are nuances in the abortion debate (unless you find yourself on one extreme end or the other), so there are nuances in what it means to be in a family. And as this novel so powerfully displays, family may or may not be your birth family, it may or may not be that you were actually a âwantedâ child (even though you were not aborted); it may or may not be that the family you are in is the family you eventually choose for yourself or is perhaps chosen for you by circumstance. It may take part of a lifetime to realize who actually comprises your family; your âloved onesâ. Family is a choice. A commitment. A result of all our life decisions. In the end, we have all, in one way or another, chosen our families.
I was actually hesitant to read the book because I have been so discouraged by all the polarization arising from the âculture warsâ in our society. But by the end of the novel, I was actually in tears and had to get up and walk around. The ending was stunning. If you read the last pages first, your library card should be revoked!
Joyce Carol Oates does not disappoint
Wow! This book delves into the controversy over abortion without making a statement, but rather delving into the minds of two men and their families on opposite sides of the equation. It's a fantastic book which will keep you thinking about it long after you've read it.
Joyce Carol Oates
I have read a majority of her books and enjoyed this one as well. Like her style of writing.
Three Stars
Surprising to me for JCO. Found it a bit laborious and the ending silly.
A well told tragedy.
This book was one I couldnât put down.
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Title: A Book of American Martyrs
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Narrator: Neil Hellegers, Tavia Gilbert, Kristen Potter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 25 hrs and 15 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Two families. Two faces of America. An act of violence with far-reaching consequences.
Gus Voorhees is a pioneer in the advancement of women's reproductive rights and a controversial abortion provider in the American Midwest. One morning as he arrives at his clinic, he is ambushed by a hardline Christian, Luther Dunphy, and shot dead.
The killing leaves in its wake two fatherless families: the Voorheeses, who are affluent, highly educated, secular and pro-choice, and the Dunphys, their opposite on all counts.
When the daughters of the two families, Naomi Voorhees and Dawn Dunphy, glimpse each other at the trial of Luther Dunphy, their initial response is mutual hatred. But their lives are tangled together forever by what has happened, and throughout the years to come and the events that follow, neither can quite forget the other.
A heart-rending reckoning with some of the most incendiary issues that divide us in our troubled times - religious extremism; abortion; gun violence; capital punishment - this is a novel Joyce Carol Oates was born to write. To listen to it is to encounter the full spectrum of humanity - its ugliness, misery, beauty and hope.
Members Reviews:
Abortion is not the theme of this novel!
This novel may be promoted around the idea that the martyrs are those on either âsideâ of the abortion issue. Some have accused the author of promoting tired stereotypical characters representing these sides. But from my standpoint, abortion made the perfect âfoilâ for a powerful examination of family; how families connect, disconnect, re-form and blow apart. Just as there are nuances in the abortion debate (unless you find yourself on one extreme end or the other), so there are nuances in what it means to be in a family. And as this novel so powerfully displays, family may or may not be your birth family, it may or may not be that you were actually a âwantedâ child (even though you were not aborted); it may or may not be that the family you are in is the family you eventually choose for yourself or is perhaps chosen for you by circumstance. It may take part of a lifetime to realize who actually comprises your family; your âloved onesâ. Family is a choice. A commitment. A result of all our life decisions. In the end, we have all, in one way or another, chosen our families.
I was actually hesitant to read the book because I have been so discouraged by all the polarization arising from the âculture warsâ in our society. But by the end of the novel, I was actually in tears and had to get up and walk around. The ending was stunning. If you read the last pages first, your library card should be revoked!
Joyce Carol Oates does not disappoint
Wow! This book delves into the controversy over abortion without making a statement, but rather delving into the minds of two men and their families on opposite sides of the equation. It's a fantastic book which will keep you thinking about it long after you've read it.
Joyce Carol Oates
I have read a majority of her books and enjoyed this one as well. Like her style of writing.
Three Stars
Surprising to me for JCO. Found it a bit laborious and the ending silly.
A well told tragedy.
This book was one I couldnât put down.