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Summary: it's a great book
Review: We had to do a novel study for my english class. So I decide to do this book not know what it as about.To my surpise it was a good chose. I live that life and know how fran feels. Anna keep the work up.
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Summary: Eye opener to violence with not-so-great ending
Review: This book was a great eye-opener to the world of domestic violence and abusive relationships by portraying the life of a woman and son in hiding from a wife beating husband. The gradual adjustment to a secretive life and the horrors of such an experience for both mother and child gave the reader a compassionate view of the struggle suffered by battered women. I do, however, have to say that the ending was disappointing and I would have chosen a much different way to end the book.
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Summary: If you want car crashes adn steamy sex, skip this one...
Review: ...but it's a powerful, moving and well written book (just what we've come to expect from Ms. Quindlen). Abuse has a ripple effect -- radiating from the husband and wife to the children to the extended families. Everyone suffers. This book probably has a happier (I use the word loosely) than many, even most, abuse stories. But this "happy" ending finds the abused woman, the abusing husband and the child of that union still suffering up to and way beyond that happy ending.This book is for women who suffer in secret, for their friends and families who suspect but are afraid to ask, for people raising children who want to be sure those children know how to handle anger and for anybody who wants to read a gripping and interesting story.
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Summary: Probably One of the Most Depressing Books I've Read
Review: Thankfully, this book is short. If you are interested in battered women, divorce and upheaval, then this is the book for you. I found the book depressing and sort of going no where. This lady never seems to get herself together and is constantly running from something. Maybe I just didn't get it, but maybe you won't either.
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Summary: This Was My Life Story for 12 years
Review: As a former battered woman whose abuser is a police officer I felt Ms. Quindlen captured the true range of emotions a woman feels. I could not put the book down. The emotions it stirred were as if I was living the pain all over again. I thought the author truly captured the very soul of how a battered woman can feel helplessness, fear and finally courage, especially when the abuser is the law. I highly recommend this book to any woman, but especially to any woman up against the system. The Blue Wall of Silence really does exist.
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Summary: Excellently Written!
Review: This novel by Anna Quindlen was very insightful. It allowed me to really feel for the characters. The way that she portrayed Fran Benedetto allowed me to see the situation, actually visualize it. This novel I read for an independant study and through it I was able to incorporate many aspects of my topic. I enjoyed reading this book. I was able to learn and then progress my topic accordingly. Because of this book I have a greater understanding of the aspects of abuse and the mind-set of the victim.
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Summary: interesting look at a hidden crime
Review: this book starts off with a descrption of frans abuse by her husband. the discription of how it began and how she hid it from the world was very rich in details. The plot is preety good but once she escapes from new york with her son it really slows down. The ending was not surprising, overall reading this book is a good way to spend your time if you are taking a trip or it is a rainy day.
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Summary: WONDERFUL
Review: THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS THAT I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME. ANNA QUINDLEN KEPT ME TURNING THE PAGES IN EVERY CHAPTER, AND IN TEARS AT THE END.
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Summary: Typical Anna Quindlen book
Review: I've read most of Quindlen's book and have been a little disappointed every time. This was no acception. The characters are your typical stereotypes of Italian/Irish/Catholic New Yorkers, the circumstances are uncreative, and the story lines tend to drag on as you suffer through constant repition of the character's thoughts over and over again. As several people have already mentioned, the editing was quite poor in this one.
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Summary: Intriguing, but mediocre...
Review: The beginning of the book is intriguing because of the way Anna Quinland describes the scenerio. As the story progresses, Fran Benedetto recalls the abuse she has encountered from her husband, who is a policeman. She escapes from her husband by relocating to Florida with the help of an agency. The story drags a little because your waiting for the moment in which her husband is going to find her.
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