Joyce Carol Oates is such a prolific author that she can't possibly publish masterpieces all of the time. She writes and writes and writes, as an author should. Sometimes they are hits and sometimes misses.
This one is a miss, but it is a good read and a captivating story in spite of that fact. Sometimes we just need to read to be entertained, and I was. The book does lack the depth of her masterpieces, like, "We Were the Mulvaneys."
This short novel tells the story of a young girl, Katya, who is a nanny for a well to do couple on the Jersey shore during a summer. She meets up with an elderly gentleman who befriends her. The reader is not quite sure why, nor is Katya.
The story progresses through their friendship and offers glimpses into Katya's childhood and past which may help the reader to understand why she is attracted to, and repelled by Marcus Kidder.
The gripping ending is a page-turner, but ultimately, not really satisfying.
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