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Missing Mom Paperback - 2006

by Joyce Carol Oates

"Missing Mom" is the story of Nikki Eaton, a liberated 31-year-old woman who never thought of herself as a daughter until the sudden loss of her mother. After a tumultuous year of sorrow, illumination, and wisdom, Nikki finds a nurturing love from an unexpected source in Oates's moving novel.


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Nikki Eaton, single, thirty-one, sexually liberated, and economically self-supporting, has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. Yet, following the unexpected loss of her mother, she undergoes a remarkable transformation during a tumultuous year that brings stunning horror, sorrow, illumination, wisdom, and even&#8212from an unexpected source&#8212a nurturing love.</p>

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Last time you see someone and you don't know it will be the last time.

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  • Title Missing Mom
  • Author Joyce Carol Oates
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Ninth Printing
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press, New York
  • Date 2006-08-22
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780060816223 / 0060816228
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.36 x 1.08 in (20.37 x 13.61 x 2.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, New York (State)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • New York Times, 09/03/2006, Page 20
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