
Jane (
mahbaar) wrote on 4/29/2007...
30 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this book a while ago, and it's worth a read. Fran escapes from her abusive husband by using an underground network that helps abused women "disappear". She brings along her son, so that he will no longer be exposed to the violence her husband unleashes on her. She sets up a new life, but always in fear that her husband may find her. A heartbreaking account of what abuse does to a woman and her household. I'd give it more stars, except the ending really wasn't as good as the rest of the book. I didn't expect a "happily ever after" finish, and it had a bit of a twist, but it just seemed flat when compared to the rest of the novel.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was an excellent book. It is a novel about an abused woman escaping via the underground with her son. It goes through her thoughts about leaving and about why she stayed as long as she did. You experience along with her what it would be like to pick up and leave everything you knew, including your identity, behind.
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
Absorbing story of a woman who decides to take back her life, for the sake of her child. Highly recommend!
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Quindlen renders the intricacies of spousal abuse with eerie accuracy, taking the reader deep within the realm of dysfunctional human ties. However, her vivid descriptions of abuse, emotional disintegration, and acute loneliness at times numb the reader with their realism.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I re-read this and enjoyed it again. It's uplifting in spite of it's despair.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this book it was hard to put down.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good book...a bit sappy, but easy to read.

Amberly B. (
Amberly) wrote on 12/8/2006...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Sad, depressing, horrible ending

Valerie H. (
vhostos) wrote on 6/18/2006...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a book I was not able to put down at all. The characters are very realistic and you get a true understanding of all the emotions that they are feeling.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
The main character was stupid from beginning to end, so it was difficult for me to muster up even a little sympathy for her tragic situation.