01527cam a2200385 4500 75669847 TxAuBib 20041025120000.0 040302s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004043310 9780060722289 alk. paper 0060722282 alk. paper DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- The falls : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, 2004. xiv, 481 p. ; 24 cm. Pub Weekly. Booklist. Kirkus Starred. The family of Dirk Burnaby, a New York State lawyer representing victims of Love Canal, and his wife, Ariah, whose first husband widowed her on their wedding night by jumping into Niagara Falls, is pulled apart by Dirk's obsession with his case and Ariah's fear that her history will repeat itself. Adult. 20041025. Suicide victims Family relationships Fiction. Women New York (State) Fiction. Waterfalls Fiction. Widows Fiction. Suicide Fiction. Psychological fiction. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont) Fiction. Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y) Fiction. Niagara Falls (N.Y) Fiction. Domestic fiction.