01297cam a2200253 4500 106089441 TxAuBib 20120101120000.0 060713s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006048546 9780061236822 0061236829 TxAuBib Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- The gravedigger's daughter : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, 2007. 582 p. ; 24 cm. Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph. 20120101. Families Fiction. New York (State) Fiction. Psychological fiction.