A Book of American Martyrs: A Novel

This powerful novel by Joyce Carol Oates tells the story of two intertwined families, one an Evangelical family and the other a doctor's family, whose lives are forever changed when the Evangelical family member assassinates an abortion provider in a small Ohio town.

Through the perspectives of these two families, Oates fully inhabits the complexities of their warring convictions and the intractable rift they represent in American society.

A Book of American Martyrs is a timely and moving depiction of an issue hotly debated on a national stage, but one that makes itself felt most lastingly in communities torn apart by violence and hatred.