by Joyce Carol Oates
Teena Maguire made a mistake on that hot 4th of July evening: she took the shortcut across the park. With twelve-year-old Bethie in tow, she ran into a gang of young men. Foul-mouthed young men. Men who would rape her, beat her, and leave her for dead, while her daughter watched from a dark corner of the boathouse.
What follows is Teena's recovery, Bethie's identification of the men, and all of the painful gossip and accusations that the folks of Niagara Falls can dish out. Fortunately, the cop who found Teena is the man who will avenge the crime, one rapist at a time.
A powerful novella from the prolific Ms. Oates. Recommended.
11/4/06
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