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Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (Library Binding)

by Joyce Carol Oates (Author) "Never never tell, Maddy-Monkey, they warned me, it's Death if you tell any of Them but now after so many years I am going to..." (more)

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Library Binding
Publisher: Bt Bound (October 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0785769854
ISBN-13: 978-0785769859
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 386 g

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)

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Oates depicts a gang of five adolescent girls growing up amidst violence and frustration in upstate New York during the 1950s.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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$21. F Oates, one of America's most distinguished and prolific writers, has triumphed again with this deftly crafted, highly imaginative novel about a girl gang called Foxfire and its leader, Legs Sadovsky. Legs is many things: a female Robin Hood, a Marxist revolutionary, a highly intelligent naif, an incredibly bold, indestructible heroine. Legs, who is wise beyond her years, dominates Foxfire with her superiority. But Legs is not a writer; that responsibility she delegates to Maddy Wirtz, who becomes the official chronicler of Foxfire's history. Later in life, in search of elusive truth, Maddy returns to her notebooks and relives her Foxfire days of the 1950s, a decade she and her female contemporaries (of all ages) experienced through violence, fear, and oppression. The forces that gave rise to Foxfire and the bonds that kept it together raise many interesting questions about gender, social status, and sexuality. As in any Oates novel, these multiple themes intertwine to create a richly textured piece. Highly recommended.
- Janet Wilson Reit, Univ. of Vermont Lib., Burlington
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product and Service, Oct 19 2009

By	STEPHANIE A. SENECAL "S.S." (on the Ground obviously) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (Hardcover)

Extremely pleased with the purchase. Arrived on time, in excellent condition at an awesome price. Will definitely being purchasing from again in the future. I recommend this to everyone!

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4.0 out of 5 stars passionate account of a girl gang, Jun 1 2004

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Written in a passionate rush of often purply prose, "Foxfire" is the story of a girl gang which performed feminist acts before feminism was as taken for granted as it is now. Led by the charismatic and enigmatic Legs Savodsky, the group moves from vandalism and physical acts of aggression to kidnapping, this comes at the very end and is, as you might suspect, the end of the gang as well. Chronicled by the author's stand-in Maddy Wirtz, a former "good girl" who is going against (she tells us) the long ago warning not to tell anyone about Foxfire's affairs. But, as she says, who is around to stop her. Great book - and also 1996 movie worth searching out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars FOXFIRE IN MY HEART., Aug 27 2003

By	Ellen Albertsd�ttir (Sweden) - See all my reviews

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I fell in love with the writing of Joyce Carol Oates last year, when I read Blonde. It's the best book I've ever read. Or is it? After reading FOXFIRE, I'm not sure. I've read 7 books of Oates, FOXFIRE is together with Blonde and Because it is bitter and because it is my heart, one of the best.

FOXFIRE affected me. I could find sentences that really spoke to me, the story itself spoke to me as well. I found paragraphs that I really wanted to quote, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW IT REALLY IS!

It's a wonderful story that is beautiful written, and it will stay with you. I wonder what happened to them, these characters are real to me. Maddy-Monkey with her beautiful Underwood and Legs Sadovsky, running, almost flying!, over the roof tops. Like the hero she is, like the hero we remember. FOXFIRE IS MY HEART.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Overrated -- needed some serious editing
If anyone other than Joyce Carol Oates had written this novel it NEVER would have gotten published. I realize Joyce Carol Oates is a "genuis" and therefore can do no... Read more

Published on Aug 17 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Finished it in one sitting
This book is fun to read. The story is fast paced and I have never been so addicted to any character as I was to Legs. Read more

Published on Jul 22 2003 by Christie

5.0 out of 5 stars Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
First of all, I absolutely loved the book. It was one that once I picked it up it was hard to quit reading. There is constantly some type of action, and never a dull moment. Read more

Published on Jun 29 2003 by b_potato

1.0 out of 5 stars not so good
I had to read this book as a research project for an english project (im in 11th grade). I was very disturbed and sort of shaken up by how descriptive everything was. Read more

Published on Jun 1 2003 by Rachael