You Must Remember This, (Paperback)

from LynnB

A deep, moving and fascinating portrayal of a family in the mid-1950s. Ms. Oates is a very good writer and she is really able to evoke a sense of time and place. Most importantly, she gives us complex, real characters. As is often the case with her novels, this one made me a little uncomfortable ...

from dawnlovesbooks

i am surprised this novel isn't more well-known. i thought it was great. oates is an amazing writer.

from flydodofly

Let me see: accurate snapshot of times past. the end of childhood. people, living. attempting to stop. well, things happen... I enjoyed the father character most, in his dusty used furniture store. He seemed so unassuming and almost pleasant in his drabness.

from rainpebble

You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates; (4 1/2*) I was completely blown away by this book. I have always appreciated Oates' short stories but until this book her only novel I had read was We Were the Mulvaneys and frankly, though I liked it, I was not blown away by it. You Must Remember This...

from rainpebble

You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates; (4 1/2*) I was completely blown away by this book. I have always appreciated Oates' short stories but until this book her only novel I had read was We Were the Mulvaneys and frankly, though I liked it, I was not blown away by it. You Must Remember This...