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My Heart Laid Bare

by Joyce Carol Oates · 1998

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Chronicles the endeavors of the Licht family—a clan of cheats, murderers, and con men—from the late eighteenth century through the 1930s, and details the moral consequences of their crimes and transgressions.

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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
long · 532 pages

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