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Black Water

By: Joyce Carol Oates
Narrated by: Amanda Plummer
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Twenty-six-year-old Kelly Kelleher longs for something interesting to happen to her, so when she meets a senator and he invites her to his hotel room, she says yes. Even though the man is old enough to be her father and even though he has perhaps been drinking too heavily, saying yes is an exciting part of the adventure Kelly is finally going to have. However, after the senator's car crashes through a guardrail, it becomes clear that this man embodies a wholly different and more sinister type of danger, one much harder to contain than the horrible events that unfold as Kelly is left in the sinking car.

©1993 Joyce Carol Oates (P)1993 Phoenix Books, Inc. Genre Fiction Psychological
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Joyce Carol Oates once again explores the aching heart of a situation. JCO fans who love that sort of exploration will love this; I am ; I did.

Aching

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Great story, although a little repetitive in the last part. Terrific performance by actress Amanda Plummer.

Great story by Joyce Carol Oats

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Powerfully convincing account by an author at the height of her powers. Sadly, more relevant than ever. Amanda Plummer reads it sublimely.

Best reading of an audiobook I've ever heard

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Lyrical and compelling. Made all the more hard-hitting by its roots in a real event. If only the real victim of this unpunished crime had been calmly hallucinating - I’m sure the truth was more horrifying.

Brilliantly written, brilliantly read

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