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		We Were the Mulvaneys charts the life of a prominent rural family before and after the rape of their daughter, powerfully evoking all that was but will not be again after the violence has been done to her.
		The Mulvaneys are solid and respected, confident in their love of one another and the security that this love provides.
		The book's narrator, Judd, the youngest Mulvaney son, looks up to his older brothers and they - along with their parents - dote on their sister Marianne, a popular cheerleader who is 17 when she is raped by a classmate after a prom.
	www.voicesandfaces.org /rape_reading_mulvaneys.asp (348 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| WE WERE THE MULVANEYS by Joyce Carol Oates
		But We Were the Mulvaneys departs from earlier works in the brilliance and vividness with which it evokes the tensions and pleasures of family life and family relationships.
		The Mulvaneys manage to be both "every family" and minutely realized individuals with their own quirky obsessions and personal tragedies.
		We Were the Mulvaneys is at once a rich textured novel of family life and love (including the abiding love of animals) and a profound discourse on themes of free will, evolution, gender, class, spirituality, forgiveness, and the nature and purpose of guilt.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/we_were_the_mulvaneys.asp (926 words)

	The Last Word Book Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		We Were the Mulvaneys is populated with such richly observed and complex characters that we can't help but care about them, even as we wait for disaster to strike them down.
		Now an adult, Judd, the youngest Mulvaney, recounts the events during which "everything came apart for us and was never again put together in quite the same way." At the core of the family troubles was one grievous incident, the rape of Judd's sister.
		The Mulvaneys, at first a close and very lucky family, drift apart over the years, until the youngest son, Judd, discovers the secret of their downfall and sets out to help reunite the family.
	members.shaw.ca /thelastword/01-11/mulvaneys.html (3305 words)

	Bookreporter.com - WE WERE THE MULVANEYS by Joyce Carol Oates
		Michael and Corrine Mulvaney are the parents of four glorious children: three boys, Michael, Patrick and Judd, and one girl, Marianne.
		On St. Valentine's night, 1976, after Marianne Mulvaney is named one of the "maids-in-waiting" at the prom, she goes to a party where she inadvertently drinks a great deal and is raped by an upperclassman.
		Gradually, his reputation as a respected businessman disintegrates: The Mulvaneys are cornered into bankruptcy and forced to sell the one that that kept the illusion of family going for years --- the farm.
	bookreporter.com /reviews/0452282829.asp (593 words)

	We Were the Mulvaneys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mulvaneys, a family living in the small, rural town of Mt. Ephraim, NY during the later part of the 20th century, are the perfect family: four kids, the owners of a successful roofing business, and a high social status.
		On St. Valentine's night, 1976, Marianne Mulvaney, after prom, goes to a party where she becomes intoxicated by drinking a great deal and is, unfortunately, raped by an upperclassman whose father is a well respected businessman and friend of Mr.
		We Were the Mulvaneys was made into a television movie in 2002 with Blythe Danner, which was nominated for three Emmys.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/We_Were_the_Mulvaneys (488 words)

	More @ BookPage: We Were the Mulvaneys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That family is the Mulvaneys, seemingly blessed by everything that makes life sweet -- a successful, hard-working father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a sweet and pretty daughter.
		Yet something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976 -- an incident involving sixteen-year-old Marianne that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home -- that causes the bottom to fall out of their world.
		The many secrets they kept from each other threatened to destroy them, but ultimately We Were the Mulvaneys celebrates the human miracle that allowed this family to bridge the chasms that had opened up between them, to reunite in the spirit of love and healing.
	www.bookpage.com /9609bp/readersguide/fiction/wewerethemulvaneys.html (381 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - We Were the Mulvaneys
		The Mulvaneys are a robust crew consisting of Dad (Mike Sr.), Mom (Corinne), Mike Jr,, Patrick, Marianne and Judd.
		The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. Ephraim, New York, are a large and fortunate clan, blessed with good looks, abundant charisma, and boundless promise.
		It is the youngest son, Judd, now an adult, who attempts to piece together the fragments of the Mulvaneys' former glory, seeking to uncover and understand the secret violation that occasioned the family's tragic downfall.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=52130256&srchTerms=0452282829&mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN (563 words)

	WE WERE THE MULVANEYS by JOYCE CAROL OATES - BOOK HELP WEB REVIEW
		We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of a close knit family who is unable to deal with tragic injustice that shakes their tranquil lives.
		She is the keystone of the Mulvaney family - a strong and capable woman.
		If We Were The Mulvaneys limited itself to Judd's own observations, we might have had a wonderful character study about the effects of the Mulvaney's experiences on its youngest member.
	www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/oates/0452282829.htm (1451 words)

	Critic's Corner - We Were The Mulvaneys - Joyce Carol Oates
		The Mulvaneys are a Norman Rockwellian, 1950s, kind of family that collides with the disenchanted, dysfunctional 90s in a burst of horrific consequences.
		He is also the baby of this family of six and feels a bit left out when his brothers and sister talk of events before his birth in 1963.
		The story, from the 1950s through 1993, relates the tale of Michael Mulvaney, a roofing contractor, his tenderhearted, religious wife Corinne, and their four children.
	www.businessknowhow.com /Writers/criticscorner/ccmulvaneys.htm (709 words)

	We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
		We Were the Mulvaneys is a novel written by Joyce Carol Oates and was published in 1996.
		The Mulvaneys, a family living in the small, rural town of Mt. Ephraim, NY during the later part of...
		Essay is on an excerpt from "We were the Mulvaneys" written by Joyce Carol Oates.
	www.bookrags.com /We_Were_the_Mulvaneys (409 words)

	We Were the Mulvaney's: Individuals and Families
		One of her recent books "We Were the Mulvaneys" (1996) was recommended to me. This was the first novel of hers that I have read, but it certainly will not be the last.
		Watching the once prominent Mulvaneys fall from grace is as disturbing and painful as watching your own family meet a similar fate.
		The Mulvaney household is made up of Mike and Corinne, parents; Mike Jr., oldest; Patrick, second son; Marianne, only girl; and Judd, youngest child and narrator of the story.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_literature/13851 (441 words)

	USA WEEKEND Magazine
		Your bestseller, "We Were the Mulvaneys" is in consideration to become a Lifetime Television movie to air next year.
		In "We Were the Mulvaneys," you've said you identify emotionally with the daughter.
		When I was writing "The Mulvaneys," they were my complete family, I was living with them, they were living with me.I just do one project at a time, (but) I might be looking ahead a little bit.Each day has so many challenges and some frustrations and disappointments, you're kind of engrossed in that.
	www.usaweekend.com /01_issues/010729/010729whosnews_oates.html (1398 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| WE WERE THE MULVANEYS by Joyce Carol Oates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Joyce Carol Oates has often expressed an intense nostalgia for the time and place of her childhood, and her working-class upbringing is lovingly recalled in much of her fiction.
		What might have been a tragedy in We Were the Mulvaneys becomes something quite different, yet to my mind this bittersweet ending is inevitable.
		She seemed to be heading towards a tragic fate and yet she ends up happy and fulfilled.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/we_were_the_mulvaneys-author.asp (1702 words)

	Review: Oates_Mulvaneys
		Mulvaney is so non-evolving across the years of her distress, I found myself wondering if that was Oates’ intention…to create a maddeningly shallow, self-concerned character.
		The story of the Mulvaneys is told to us by the youngest Mulvaney, Judd, although we often find ourselves being told things he couldn’t possibly know—find ourselves inside the heads of various Mulvaneys.
		The crux of the Mulvaneys’ demise is gripping and keeps you with the story, but ultimately it isn’t enough.
	www.writingsite.com /pages/reviews/Oates.htm (616 words)

	We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah Edition)
		That family is the Mulvaneys, seemingly blessed by everything that makes life sweet - a successful, hard-working father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a sweet and pretty daughter.
		Over the course of 400-plus pages, we watch, in a kind of slow-motion horror, as life at the Mulvaneys' High Point Farm in upstate New York is wrenched apart by an act of careless brutality inflicted by an outsider upon the family's only daughter.
		Oates -- as obsessive as the Mulvaneys themselves -- follows each thread of the story to its conclusion -- a conclusion that hints at a kind of reconciliation and something close to closure.
	www.robtee.com /books/oprah/We-Were-the-Mulvaneys-Oprah-Edition.htm (1182 words)

	University of Manitoba: Fast Facts - We Were the Mulvaneys
		This is one of the questions posed by this made-for-cable drama adapted from the novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
		Outwardly the picture of domestic perfection, the Mulvaneys reveal the truth about themselves when their daughter Marianne is sexually assaulted.
		The story is told from the viewpoint of the youngest Mulvaney son, who pays the heavy emotional toll along with the rest of his family.
	www.umanitoba.ca /about/movies/mulvaneys.shtml (139 words)

	Amazon.com: We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah Selection): Books: Joyce Carol Oates,J. Todd Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		We Were the Mulvaneys is the story of the Mulvaney family in the mid-1970s.
		We Were The Mulvaneys is an epic family saga about the rise, fall and redemption of a family in upstate New York.
		In the first pages of the book, he starts talking about the Mulvaneys and their farm in such a glowing, effusive manner that I thought the novel was going to be about a wealthy family like the Kennedys.
	www.amazon.com /We-Were-Mulvaneys-Oprah-Selection/dp/1565114949 (2955 words)

	Mulvaneys' looks at life turned tragic
		Based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, a selection of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club, "We Were the Mulvaneys" is narrated by Judd Mulvaney (Thomas Guiry), youngest of the four children born to Corinne (Blythe Danner) and Michael (Beau Bridges).
		When one of the Mulvaneys joins a cultish co-op, the film threatens to devolve into the kind of soap opera malarkey familiar to anyone who's watched more than a handful of TV movies.
		Indeed, the great joy of "We Were the Mulvaneys" is that all the actors portraying Mulvaneys fit their roles.
	www.post-gazette.com /tv/20020407owen1.asp (667 words)

	"We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates.
		In her latest novel, We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates writes with piercing clarity and a deep sympathy of the dissolution of an American family - and an American way of life.
		This large, sharply etched, immensely readable book is an examination of the American dream, and of the harsh but also beautiful realities that have transformed that dream over the past four decades.
		We Were the Mulvaneys is at once a richly textured novel of family life and love (including the abiding love of animals) and a profound discourse on the themes of free will, evolution, gender, class, spirituality, forgiveness and the nature and purpose of guilt.
	oprah.com /obc/pastbooks/joyce_caroloates/obc_20010124_aboutbook.jhtml (426 words)

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		She was always on the telephone, or in a frency of housecleaning; wildly brushing at her hair, slipping on a sweater or jacket to cover her stained shirt.
		Mulvaney” - “the lady of the house” - when at last the awaited car or cards drove haltingly up the driveway.
		She had to be polite, smiling, hopeful and never, never betray the misery she felt.
	www.webspawner.com /users/arcliberty/WeWereMulvaneysEx.html (269 words)

	Penguin Reading Guides \| We Were the Mulvaneys \| Joyce Carol Oates
		In We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates writes with piercing clarity and deep sympathy of the dissolution of the American family
		Of course it's a profound shock to lose one's house, one's farm and identity.
		Animals are at the heart of the Mulvaney family
	us.penguingroup.com /static/rguides/us/we_were_the_mulvaneys.html (2597 words)

	Meeting Oprah: 'It was a complete fairytale' (March 09, 2001)
		She had written a letter about Oprah's monthly book club selection, Oates' "We Were the Mulvaneys," and was chosen to appear on the show for a discussion of the book and to have lunch with Oprah and the author.
		She'd loaned her hardback copy of "We Were the Mulvaneys" to her mother-in-law so she hurried out to buy another one.
		But, as the Mulvaneys were incapable of helping each other, I'm mostly powerless to affect my family members any more than I can influence the characters in a book.
	www.pleasantonweekly.com /morgue/2001/2001_03_09.oprah9.html (1084 words)

	HearingBooks » Audio Book Review: We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
		The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet: a hardworking father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a bright, pretty daughter.
		But something happens on Valentine’s Day, 1976 - an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home - that rends the fabric of their family life.
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	www.hearingbooks.com /archives/117 (219 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: We Were the Mulvaneys: Books: Joyce Carol Oates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		By the time all is said and done, a rape occurs, a daughter is exiled, much alcohol is consumed and the farm is lost.
		In the hands of a lesser writer, this could be the stuff of a bad made-for-tv film but this is Oates' 26th novel, and by now she knows her material and her craft to perfection.
		We Were the Mulvaneys will appeal most to those who enjoy reading about the intimate details of family life, fun with pets and the pleasures of hobbies, gardening and outdoor life.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Were-Mulvaneys-Joyce-Carol-Oates/dp/184115699X (2440 words)

	Movie Info for We Were the Mulvaneys on MSN Movies
		This is one of the disturbing questions posed by the wrenching made-for-cable drama We Were the Mulvaneys.
		Outwardly the picture of domestic perfection, the Mulvaneys reveal the truth about themselves when their daughter Marianne (Tammy Blanchard) is raped.
		The story is told from the viewpoint of youngest Mulvaney son, Judd (Thomas Guiry), whose life is likewise adversely altered forever.
	movies.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=527246 (148 words)

	Penguin Reading Guides \| The Underpainter \| Jane Urquhart
		Canada was a very young country at the turn of the century, one in which the pursuit of culture was still viewed as a rare privilege.
		But there was one aspect of my usual writing style that I had to keep consciously under control, and that was my tendency to write lyrical prose.
		I loved listening to the stories that the grandparents, aunts and uncles of my large Irish-Canadian family told about their ancestors, and I loved listening to the stories my father and his prospecting friends told about life in the forests of Canada.
	us.penguingroup.com /static/rguides/us/underpainter.html (2844 words)

	Simply Audiobooks - We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
		The Mulvaney's are blessed by all that makes life sweet--a hardworking father, a loving mother, three fine sons, and a bright, pretty daughter.
		But something happens on Valentine's Day, 1976--an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home--that rends the fabric of their family life.
		The fact that the Mulvaney children grew into caring adults seems to be in spite of the parents they had, certainly not because of them.
	www.simplyaudiobooks.com /audio-books/We+Were+the+Mulvaneys/3096 (359 words)

	Lifetimetv.com: Community - Chats - Beau Bridges
		Winner of three Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, Beau Bridges plays the proud patriarch of the title family in Lifetime's newest acclaimed Original Movie, "We Were the Mulvaneys," based on the best-selling novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
		His first major role was in 1949's "The Red Pony." Since then, he has starred in numerous movies, including "Norma Rae" (as the husband of Sally Field's character) and "The Fabulous Baker Boys," opposite Michelle Pfeiffer.
		The award-winning actor has also done extensive television work, including a role in Lifetime's 1991 drama "Wildflower." Read all about the making of the Lifetime Original Movie "We Were the Mulvaneys," along with other stories from his award winning career.
	www.lifetimetv.com /community/chat/beaubridges_transcript.html (810 words)

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		The Mulvaneys are seemingly blessed by everything that makes life sweet.
		An incident involving Marianne Mulvaney, the pretty sixteen-year-old daughter, is hushed up in the town and never discussed within the family.
		In We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates, the highly acclaimed author of Blonde, masterfully weaves an unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family.
	www.harpercollins.co.uk /books/default.aspx?id=22503 (296 words)

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