My heart laid bare
By: Joyce Carol Oates.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Description: My Heart Laid Bare is a striking departure for Joyce Carol Oates: a sweeping epic novel of the fortunes and misfortunes of a family of enterprising confidence artists in 19th-century America. Mythic in scope, it is Oates's most daring work yet - a stunning tale of crime and transgression, and of a mysterious and tragic woman whose secret history resonates from one century to another - with profound moral consequences.
Notes: "A William Abrahams book."