Cover of Missing Mom

Missing Mom

by Joyce Carol Oates · 2005

+ Want to read

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—from an unexpected source—a nurturing love.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
mother daughtermurdergriefpsychologicalwomen
Setting
2000snew york stateUSA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 464 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Missing Mom? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Missing Mom. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Invisible Writer: A Biography of Joyce Carol Oates Greg Johnson · 1998 Shares jco, memoir, nonfiction
  2. The Almost Moon Alice Sebold · 2007 Shares fiction, contemporary fiction, contemporary
  3. The Sweet Hereafter Russell Banks · 1991 Shares fiction, literary fiction, contemporary fiction
  4. Freedom Jonathan Franzen · 2010 Shares fiction, literary fiction, contemporary
See more recommendations →

“People who read Missing Mom tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security Michael Savage · 2010
  2. A Blessed Event Jean Reynolds Page · 2004
  3. The Empty Room Lauren B. Davis · 2013
  4. The Dead Heart Douglas Kennedy · 1995

“If you want more of the same (literary fiction about mother daughter), start with these.”

  1. Wish You Were Here Stewart O'Nan · 2002
  2. The Promise of Happiness Justin Cartwright · 2004
  3. Mailman J. Robert Lennon · 2003
  4. Stone Creek Victoria Lustbader · 2008

“If it was the contemporary fiction that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler · 1985
  2. A Widow for One Year John Irving · 1998
  3. Saint Maybe Anne Tyler · 1991
  4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Where Rivers Change Direction Mark Spragg · 1999
  2. DC Comics: Bombshells #22 Marguerite Bennett
  3. Promises From God for Single Women T.D. Jakes · 2005
  4. Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran Roxana Saberi · 2010

Report a problem