Them (novel)
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them by Joyce Carol Oates is the third novel in the A Garden of Earthly Delights trilogy, first published in 1969. It explores the complex struggles of American life through three down-on-their-luck characters -- Loretta, Maureen and Jules -- who are attempting to reach normality and the American dream through marriage and money.
The novel has been praised for its commentary on the difficulties faced by the American working class and depiction of lower class tragedy through its descriptions of urban life and the interweaving of colloquial language with prose.