We Were the Mulvaneys

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American novel contemporary fiction work novel

We Were the Mulvaneys is a contemporary American novel by Joyce Carol Oates that traces the disintegration of a seemingly perfect family after a traumatic event in small-town upstate New York.

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We Were the Mulvaneys canonical 3
We Were the Mulvaneys (television film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American novel ⓘ
contemporary fiction work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation We Were the Mulvaneys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: We Were the Mulvaneys (television film)
adaptationFormat television drama ⓘ
adaptationNetwork Lifetime ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 2002 ⓘ
adaptedAs TV film ⓘ
author Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ
awardsRecognition Oprah's Book Club ⓘ
surface form: Oprah's Book Club selection
centralEvent sexual assault of Marianne Mulvaney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Phil Rose ⓘ
followsFamily Mulvaney family ⓘ
genre domestic fiction ⓘ
family saga ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Corinne Mulvaney ⓘ
Jeffrey DeMunn ⓘ
surface form: Judd Mulvaney

Corinne Mulvaney ⓘ
surface form: Marianne Mulvaney

Michael Mulvaney Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Michael Mulvaney Jr.

Michael Mulvaney Sr. ⓘ
Patrick Mulvaney ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-525-94137-2 ⓘ
hasSubject family relationships ⓘ
rape and its aftermath ⓘ
small-town social dynamics ⓘ
includedIn Oprah's Book Club ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme class and status ⓘ
family disintegration ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
social stigma ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
mediaType hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
narrator Jeffrey DeMunn ⓘ
surface form: Judd Mulvaney
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount 454 ⓘ
plotFocus consequences of a traumatic event on a family ⓘ
publicationYear 1996 ⓘ
publisher Dutton ⓘ
publisherImprint Dutton ⓘ
surface form: Dutton Books
settingLocation small-town America ⓘ
Upstate New York (broad sense) ⓘ
surface form: upstate New York

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Joyce Carol Oates → notableWork → We Were the Mulvaneys ⓘ
Tammy Blanchard → notableWork → We Were the Mulvaneys ⓘ
We Were the Mulvaneys → adaptation → We Were the Mulvaneys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: We Were the Mulvaneys (television film)
Joyce → notableWork → We Were the Mulvaneys ⓘ
subject surface form: Joyce Carol Oates