Joyce Carol Oates, Breathe
Schedule
Wed, 04 Aug, 2021 at 06:00 pm
Location
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse | Santa Fe, NM

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We're thrilled to welcome bestselling and prizewinning author, Joyce Carol Oates, in conversation with her award-winning friend and ours, author David Morrell.We will be taking COVID precautions, masks will be required for the duration of the program and seating will be spaced accordingly. We will be live Zooming our events for those out of town or who would prefer it. You can register to watch it https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bNphH41vQXKmtNLFjexxgw
BREATHE: A NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOSS
Purchase Breathe from Collected Works online or call the store at (505) 988-4226 to order your copy.
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.
In vividly depicted scenes of escalating suspense, Michaela cares desperately for Gerard in his final days as she comes to realize that her love for her husband, however fierce and selfless, is not enough to save him and that his death is beyond her comprehension. A love that refuses to be surrendered at death—is this the blessing of a unique married love, or a curse that must be exorcized?
Part intimately detailed love story, part horror story rooted in real life, BREATHE is an exploration of hauntedness rooted in the domesticity of marital love, as well as our determination both to be faithful to the beloved and to survive the trauma of loss.
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Where is it happening?
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: