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A NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOSS FROM BESTSELLING ANDPRIZEWINNING AUTHOR JOYCE CAROL OATES Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in NewMexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguishedacademic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness,misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife eachembarks upon a nightmare journey. Atthirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and theloss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own.In vividly depicted scenes of escalating suspense,Michaela cares desperately for Gerard in his final days as she comes to realizethat her love for her husband, however fierce and selfless, is not enough tosave him and that his death is beyond her comprehension. A love that refuses to be surrendered atdeathis this the blessing of a unique married love, or a curse that must beexorcized?Part intimately detailed love story, part horror storyrooted in real life, BREATHE is an exploration of hauntedness rooted in thedomesticity of marital love, as well as our determination both to be faithful to thebeloved and to survive the trauma of loss.
