{"product_id":"9780061806667","title":"My Sister, My Love","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlonde\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e, Joyce Carol Oates returns with a dark, wry, satirical tale—inspired by an unsolved American true-crime mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dysfunctional families are all alike. Ditto 'survivors.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the unexpurgated first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an \"infamous\" American family. A decade ago the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder of Skyler's six-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed. Part investigation into the unsolved murder; part elegy for the lost Bliss and for Skyler's own lost childhood; and part corrosively funny exposé of the pretensions of upper-middle-class American suburbia, this captivating novel explores with unexpected sympathy and subtlety the intimate lives of those who dwell in Tabloid Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLikely to be Joyce Carol Oates's most controversial novel to date, as well as her most boldly satirical, this unconventional work of fiction is sure to be recognized as a classic exploration of the tragic interface between private life and the perilous life of \"celebrity.\" In \u003cem\u003eMy Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike\u003c\/em\u003e, the incomparable Oates once again mines the depths of the sinister yet comic malaise at the heart of our contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124069449968,"sku":"9780061806667","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061806667_p0.jpg?v=1763623858","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061806667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}