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Description edit
Mudgirl is a child abandoned by her mother in the silty flats of the Black Snake River. Cast aside, Mudgirl survives by an accident of fate - or destiny. After her rescue, she will slowly forget her own origin, her past erased, her future uncertain. The well-meaning couple who adopt Mudgirl... read more
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Characters edit
- Hans Schneider: Jr high school math teacher
- AGATHA RUTH NEUKIRCHEN: Meredith's (MR) adoptive mother
- Solomon: Her adopted father's dog
- Alexander Stirk: Student at the Ivy League school
- Mudgirl: Jedina or as she is later known as MR
- Crystal: Add a description of this character.
- Darren
- Corporal Suttis Coldham
- Benjamin Franklin
- Jedina Kraeck: Mudgirl or MR
- Ginny
- Jewell Kraeck: Jedina's sister
- Darwin
- Di Plaksa
- Irene Plaksa
- G. Leddy Heidemann
- Lizbeth
- Saddam Hussein
- Puddin
- Joshua Reynolds
- Kant
- Mrs. Huston
- Carlos Lopes
- Mikhal
- Leonard Lockhardt
- Livvie Skedd
- George Fox
- Floyd Skedd
- Abraham
- Erika
- Audrey Myles
- John Stuart Mill
- Bobbie
- Marit Kraeck
- Oliver Kroll
- Meredith Ruth Neukirchen: Mudgirl
- Amos Coldham
- Beethoven
- Andre Litovik: Secret Lover
- Konrad Neukirchen
- Mildred
Quotes edit
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“You don't have to understand why anything that has happened to you has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Carthage High
- New York
- Black Snake River
- Star Lake
- Beechum County
- Cambridge
- Charters House
- Iraq
- Chicago
- Ithaca
- Salvager Hall
- Watertown
- Vietnam
- America
- New Jersey
- Convent Street
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Afghanistan
- Bear Mountain Road
- Friendship Park
- Middle East
- Philadelphia
- Adirondacks
- Florida
- Herkimer
- Washington
First Sentence edit
You must be readied, the woman said.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joyce Carol Oates (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ecco
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 20, 2012
ISBN: 0062095625
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Ecco
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 20, 2012
ISBN: 0062095625
Page Count: 448
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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