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Black Water

By: Joyce Carol Oates
Narrated by: Amanda Plummer
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On Grayling Island, off the coast of Maine, Kelly Kelleher meets the Senator at a Fourth of July beach party. He is old enough to be her father; she is young enough to find his attention flattering. And with an optimism born of inexperience, she believes she can take care of herself. As evening approaches, the two move unaware toward a shattering appointment with destiny. When the Senator offers Kelly a ride to the ferry, it is not love but death that awaits her.

©1993 Joyce Carol Oates (P)1993 Phoenix Books, Inc.
Genre Fiction Psychological Fiction
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Found the narration very hard to listen to in the beginning but the story line was enough to keep me until the end, rating would be 3.5 stars if it were possible. While I had a feeling of how it would end I'm left feeling sad all the same. The book will sit with me for a while I think.

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