Title: My heart laid bare
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.
Subjects: Fiction, Swindlers and swindling, Social life and customs, United States in fiction, Swindlers and swindling in fiction, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, United states, fiction
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century