My life as a rat : a novel
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Avon Free Library - Adult Fiction | FIC OAT | Available |
Bell Memorial Library - Nunda - Adult Fiction | FIC OAT | Available |
Dansville Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC OAT | Available |
Honeoye Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | Available |
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402 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one's family ever justified? Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of anĀ African-American boy by her older brothers. In a succession of vividly recalled episodes Violet contemplates the circumstances of her life as the initially beloved youngest child of seven Kerrigan children who inadvertently "informs" on her brothers, setting into motion their arrests and convictions and her own long estrangement. Arresting and poignant, My Life as a Rat traces a life of banishment from a family -- banishment from parents, siblings, and the Church -- that forces Violet to discover her own identity, to break the powerful spell of family, and to emerge from her long exile as a "rat" into a transformed life.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Oates, J. C. (2019). My life as a rat: a novel (First edition.). Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. 2019. My Life As a Rat: A Novel. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. My Life As a Rat: A Novel Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol. My Life As a Rat: A Novel First edition., Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
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