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Black and blue : a novel / Anna Quindlen.
A nurse escapes her abusive husband, a New York policeman, taking their son with her to Florida. She assumes a new identity and even finds romance, but there is a price, the 10-year-old boy misses his father and she lives in constant fear the father will find them, which he does. The novel analyzes why abused women wait so long to make their break.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385333137 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0375500510 (acid-free)
- ISBN: 9780679435396 (acid-free)
- ISBN: 0440226104 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 293 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c1998.
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| Subject: | Wife abuse > Fiction. Abused women > Fiction. Family violence > Fiction. Runaway wives > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 9 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Radium Hot Springs Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Hot Springs Public Library | FIC QUI (Text) | 3513000008737 | Adult Fiction | Not holdable | Missing | - |
ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of two other bestselling novels, Object Lessons and One True Thing. Her New York Times column, "Public & Private," won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, and a selection of these columns was published as Thinking Out Loud. She is also the author of a collection of her "Life in the 30's" columns, Living Out Loud, and two children's books, The Tree That Came to Stay and Happily Ever After. She lives in New York City.
