One character in this novel goes to Cornel to study biology but never finishes his degree, eventual y  moving to California to become a therapist and fal ing in love with a woman named Katya whom he  meets at a hunger strike.
One character in this novel goes to Cornel to study biology but never finishes his degree, eventual y  moving to California to become a therapist and fal ing 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 expel ed 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 sel 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 Cornel to study biology but never finishes his degree, eventual y  moving to California to become a therapist and fal ing in love with a woman named Katya whom he  meets at a hunger strike.
We Were the Mulvaneys