A pivotal moment in this novel comes when a main character is expelled from the Mt. Ephraim country club for throwing his beer into Judge Kirkland's face, and after that character's roofing company fails, this novel's title group is forced to sell High Point Farm.
One character in this novel goes to Cornell to study biology but never finishes his degree, eventually moving to California to become a therapist and falling in love with a woman named Katya whom he meets at a hunger strike. A pivotal moment in this novel comes when a main character is expelled from the Mt. Ephraim country club for throwing his beer into Judge Kirkland's face, and after that character's roofing company fails, this novel's title group is forced to sell High Point Farm. The revenge plot of this novel is concocted by Patrick, the middle son of Michael and Corrine, the parents of the title family. This novel is narrated by Judd, the youngest member of the title family, who helps Patrick acquire the gun with which Patrick plans to shoot Zachary Lundt for the rape of Judd's and Patrick's sister Marianne, but      instead Patrick rescues Lundt from drowning in a bog and lets him live. Ending with the title family's reunion after the death of Mike Sr., for 10 points, identify this novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
One character in this novel goes to Cornell to study biology but never finishes his degree, eventually moving to California to become a therapist and falling in love with a woman named Katya whom he meets at a hunger strike.
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