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Black and Blue
Black and Blue
Author: Anna Quindlen
With daring and compassion, Anna Quindlen weaves a forceful, harrowing portrait of a woman and a marriage, capturing the profound intricacies of love and rage, passion and violence. At once heartbreaking and utterly riveting, BLACK AND BLUE is an extraordinary work of fiction and a brilliant achievement. — For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385333139
ISBN-10: 0385333137
Pages: 288
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3.7 stars, based on 183 ratings
Publisher: Delta
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A story that will have you feeling all kinds of emotions from love to rage, from passion to violence, but never letting you put it down, a real page turner!
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Compelling story by one of my favorite authors. Written with a great flair for understanding the human soul and vulnerabilities of women.
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reading this book was like watching a car accident; you want to look away but you can't. Very moving.

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  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Very compelling!! You will race through this book. This is the story of Fran Bennedetto, on the outside she is an accomplished ER nurse with a wonderful 8-year old son. Her husband, Bobby, is a police officer with a violent side that he takes out on her...but only where it won't show. She finally has the courage to disappear with her son and this story explores the difficulty of starting over under a new identity. You will admire her courage in adapting to her new life. And you will wait in terror, as she does, until her husband eventually finds her!
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good read, as a mom, heartbreaking story
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"Heartbreaking" is the first word that comes to mind to describe this book. It's beautifully written but SUCH a sad story... :(


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