01529cam a2200397 4500 214757774 TxAuBib 20101214120000.0 040302s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004043310 9780060722289 alk. paper 0060722282 alk. paper DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Oates, Joyce Carol. 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. AR UG 6.3 26.0 82056EN. 20040920. Suicide victims Family relationships Fiction. Women United States Fiction. Waterfalls Fiction. Widows Fiction. Suicide Fiction. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont) Fiction. Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y) Fiction. Niagara Falls (N.Y) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction.