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Title: Flaws Abound
Review: Oates creates a family where the wrong people are supported, potential is crushed, the foolish in heart roam without thought of the harm they inflict on others. All of the complexities flow back to the main theme of the book; that the father must be shielded from the indelibale truth that he cannot protect his daughter from a horrible event. The rape that takes place is a violation of each element of the Mulvaney family, and each person in the household accquiesses to the mothers plea for the father's life to be restored to normality.All throughout this book, I wanted to scream, shout and claw my way into Oates' world, as the Mulvaneys problems seem so simple to fix. But the simplest solutions are never followed in this tragedy, and the theme of coming home becomes a rendevous with the mistakes of the past... and for the Mulvaneys, they are too bitter to contemplate.Buy this Book.
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