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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

Breathe : a novel / - First edition. - 364 pages ; 24 cm

"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own"--

ISBN: 9780063085473 006308547X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Married people--Fiction.
Sick--Fiction.
Diagnostic errors--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Novels.

LC Class. No.: PS3565.A8 / B74 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54