Dear Husband (short story collection)

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First edition (publ. Ecco)

Dear Husband is a collection of 14 fictional short stories written by Joyce Carol Oates. It was published in 2009 by Ecco Press. [1] [2]

Contents

Description

The book is made up of a collection of 14 stories, all of which have been previously published. [3] The book is broken up into two parts.

Stories

Part 1

Part 2

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References

  1. Oates, Joyce Carol. Dear Husband. p. title page.
  2. NY Times review at The New York Times
  3. Oates, Joyce Carol. Dear Husband .