A garden of earthly delights
By: by Joyce Carol Oates.
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Children of migrant laborers -- Fiction.; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.; Illegitimate children -- Fiction.; Mothers and sons -- Fiction.; Poor women -- Fiction.; Fiction
Description: The book describes the early life of Clara Walpole, the daughter of a migrant farm worker; her life after she leaves her father; her romance with a rum-runner; and her marriage to a rich man, whom she convinces is the father of her illegitimate baby. The final part of the novel deals with the childhood and adolescence of Swan, the son.