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Strange Fits of Passion Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Anita Shreve
Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English have a happy, stable marriage. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.
Summary
A labyrinthine tale of truth and deception from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve
Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen begins to settle into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.
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"On my book tours, I am often asked a number of questions: Did he really do it?"
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- Title Strange Fits of Passion
- Author Anita Shreve
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-10-01
- ISBN 9780156031394 / 0156031396
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.26 x 0.81 in (20.07 x 13.36 x 2.06 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: New England
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Geographic Orientation: Maine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Abused wives
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Thrilling and finely written . . . Ms. Shreve renders the beleaguered woman's voice, and the voices of other townspeople, with the arresting clarity we ask of all good writing."-The New Yorker
"Shreve's prose is clear and compassionate, and her message moving."-The Washington Post Book World
"Superbly rendered . . . both touching and troubling. The box-within-a-box structure moves Shreve's subtle and searing book beyond the contemporary horror genre. It creates a kind of double novel."-Cosmopolitan
"Shreve's prose is clear and compassionate, and her message moving."-The Washington Post Book World
"Superbly rendered . . . both touching and troubling. The box-within-a-box structure moves Shreve's subtle and searing book beyond the contemporary horror genre. It creates a kind of double novel."-Cosmopolitan
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 11/01/2005, Page 72
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