We Were The Mulvaneys

We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sometimes the American Dream fails due to one event. A close knit and warmly truthful family may not be as close as they originally thought. People change, friends are not the people you thought they were, intelligence can only accomplish so much, and even on the surface what appears to be a deep familiar love may not be sustainable.



Oates draws the reader into the close knit family circle of The Mulvaney family, only to eventually rip away the facade. Life, love and family are fragile. And as a reader, I thrived on every sentence and description of the Mulvaney family. An event that at first seems harmful yet able to overcome becomes something so evil and sinister that it can destroy lives and tear apart the inner core of everything we believe to be true.








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