{"product_id":"man-crazy-paperback","title":"Man Crazy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh from the triumph of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e, Joyce Carol Oates continues her exploration of family love and the possibilities of human redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt five, Ingrid Boone loves her father with all the innocence and blind trust of childhood--until he abandons her and her beautiful young mother in the wake of a violent crime. Desperate to recapture his lost love and hungry for any kind of mercy at a man's hand, Ingrid allows boys and men to abuse her as she searches for affection in the alcohol, drugs, and sex they offer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she is targeted as prey by a charismatic leader of a violent cult, Ingrid falls to her blackest moment of despair--yet it is here that she finds unexpected salvation and the will to reclaim her life and heart from the men who have taken it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to many prize-winning and bestselling novels, including \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys, Black Water, Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBroke Heart Blues, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a number of works of gothic fiction including \u003ci\u003eHaunted: Tales of the Grotesque, \u003c\/i\u003e a World Fantasy Award nominee; and \u003ci\u003eZombie\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, awarded by the Horror Writers' Association. In 1994, Oates received the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award in Horror Fiction. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gothic Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.09 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750825066784,"sku":"9780452277243","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9064ba5be64045bace4d61764b65df3b.webp?v=1779958689","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/man-crazy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}