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About This Book:

Title: Black and Blue

Other Available Formats:
Hardcover, 1998
Hardcover, 1998
Hardcover, 1998
Paperback, 1999
Prebinding, 1999
Paperback, 2000
Audio Cassette, 2000
Compact Disc, 2000
Compact Disc, 2005

Synopsis
An abused wife named Frannie leaves home with her young son, and lives under a new identity in Florida, where she tries to make a comfortable life for the two of them. She is always in fear that her husband will find her, however, and ultimately he does, but Frannie is resilient, and survives to go on to a new life.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Weight:        0.4 Pounds
Height:         7.3 Inches
Width:          4.5 Inches
Thickness:    1.3 Inches



Publisher Notes
Fran Benedetto tells a spellbinding story of how a passionate marriage became a nightmare, and what finally makes her run away to start a new life with her son, under a new name. Living in fear of discovery, yet also with increasing confidence, freedom, and hope, Fran unravels the complex threads of family, identity, and desire that shape a woman's life, even as she struggles to create a new one; and Quindlen writes with depth, humor, and insight about the real lives of men and women, the varieties of love, the deep bond between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship.



Industry Reviews
"...Quindlen now takes a talk-show staple--spousal abuse--and gives it a compelling immediacy in a refreshingly wise and truth-telling novel about life and marriage....A book to read and savor."
(01/01/1998)
"Sensitive, suspenseful and haunting....[An] astute, thought-provoking portrayal of one woman's battle to avoid becoming a statistic--or being viewed as one. Whether that battle is heroic or hugely misguided is a question that will linger with the reader long after the final chapter's close."
(01/25/1998)
"Battered wives, unfortunately, are a staple of daytime talk shows and made-for-television movies. To make Fran's mundane misery matter to us, Ms. Quindlen, paradoxically, must pull all the rabbits out of her writer's magic hat. As our narrator, Fran recounts her days in such richly textured language that we taste the peanut butter (no jelly) sandwiches she prepares for Robert; we smell, with despair, the moldy carpeting in her Florida apartment....Fran's precise, mesmerizing narrative makes readers understand her deep connection with [her abusive husband]. Her descriptions of Bobby's rages are truly scary...and yet her yearning to stay with him also makes frightening sense."
(02/06/1998)
"I read 'Black and Blue' from beginning to end in one insomniac sitting."
(02/10/1998)
"[U]nfortunately the novel is nowhere near as convincing as the news reports all of us have seen on television. But it does keep the reader anxiously turning pages."
(02/08/1998)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Black and Blue and it was written by Anna Quindlen, Lili Taylor (Narrator). This edition of Black and Blue is in a Audio format. This books publish date is February 1998 and it has a suggested retail price of $24. There are pages in the book and it was published by Random House. The 10 digit ISBN is 0375401903 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780375401909. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.