Delatora - Joyce Carol Oates.epub -

Faced with a moral dilemma, Violet provides testimony that leads to her brothers' arrest and conviction.

The novel asks if family loyalty should ever outweigh the truth. Delatora - Joyce Carol Oates.epub

In 1991, at age 12, Violet inadvertently discovers that her older brothers have murdered a 17-year-old African American boy, Drink Johnson. Faced with a moral dilemma, Violet provides testimony

The narrative tracks Violet's psychological journey as she navigates the trauma of abandonment and the difficulty of forging an independent self. Author Background Delatora by Joyce Carol Oates | Goodreads Faced with a moral dilemma

The story follows , the youngest of seven children in a close-knit Irish-American family in upstate New York.

Oates critiques structural racism and the patriarchal violence inherent in Violet's family and the broader American society.