The Changeling (Joy Williams novel)
1978 novel by Joy Williams
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The Changeling is a dark fantasy and fairy tale novel by Joy Williams published in 1978 by Doubleday.[1][2] It was reprinted in a fortieth anniversary edition by Tin House Books with a introduction by Karen Russell.[3][4][5][6] It was also previously republished in 2008 by Fairy Tale Review Press as its 30th anniversary edition with a new preface by Rick Moody.[7]
- Fiction / Fantasy /
- Dark Fantasy
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| Author | Joy Williams |
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| Set in | Florida, United States |
| Published | 1978, 2008, 2018 |
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| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback, E-book |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781941040898 |
| OCLC | 990288649 |
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Plot
The novel opens with Pearl & her infant son, Sam, at a bar in Florida, fleeing her husband, Walker, and his wealthy family who reside on a remote island off the eastern seaboard of the United States.[2] Her husband finds her in the bar & takes her & the child to the Miami airport so they can fly back to their island. The writer Tobias Carroll sums up the plot as ". . . a young woman marries the scion of a wealthy family, attempts to escape, and, after a tragic event, loses her sense of self under the controlling sway of the aforementioned family — as well as copious amounts of alcohol." [3]