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Heat by Joyce Carol Oates.

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  • Author(s): Schongar, Kathleen
  • Source:
    Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, 2022. 2p.
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    • Abstract:
      "Heat" tells the story of the murder of eleven-year-old identical twins, Rhea and Rhoda Kunkel, through the eyes of a childhood friend who is now an adult. Joyce Carol Oates weaves the story together like bursts of heat on a sultry day. The story begins with a reference to the "rippling" heat of the summer day as the girls ride their bicycles toward Whipple's Ice.