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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: From the shaky beginning to the heartbreaking ending, I was totally enthralled! I could feel Frannie's fear. I cannot say if Quindlen's depiction of an abused woman is accurate or not, but the way that she describes the aching bittersweet love that a mother has for her son, I could definitly relate to. I liked the fact that it was not a tidy, happily ever after ending. I cried my eyes out.
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Summary: Well written and believable
Review: Anna Quindlen has written a stunning book about the scary reality of domestic violence. It is well written and believable. A must read for those who work with domestic abuse survivors. Just excellent.
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Summary: Another Hyped-Up Oprah Loser!
Review: While the story behind this book may be compelling, the manner in which it was written is not. Too bad the author never took an English grammar class. So annoying to have something this awful on the best seller list merely because a talk show hostess liked it.
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Summary: Good book even if it's a little predictable.
Review: During the entire story you are waiting for the moment her ex finds her
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Summary: Great Beginning, Horrible ending
Review: This book had a rip roaring start but soon slowed down to almost a snails pace, after the first hundred pages the characters become less and less interesting as the story becomes increasingly boring. The end is a travesty which knocks the book down to the dreariest book of the 90's.
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Summary: eye opening experience for abused woman!
Review: This book opens your eyes and your heart to the pain and suffering so many women feel. The author brings you right into the life of the characters. It is a book everyone should read.
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Summary: Average
Review: I found this to be an average book. I don't think it is worth all the rave reviews it has gotten, but it doesn't deserve to be slammed either. I think it had a lot of potential, but it was lacking. It was a page-turner, only because I was waiting for the inevitable. Then when it happened, I found it to be rather anticlimactic. While I certainly felt bad for the characters, I can't say that I really cared about them. On the positive side, the high level of detail was vivid to the point of being disturbing. There were a lot of parts that were very powerful and thought provoking.Although this has nothing to do with the author, I was bothered by the volume of typos in it.
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Summary: A great read
Review: This will be short. It's mostly been said in the other reviews. I read this book in one sitting. I just couldn't put it down. If you think Danielle Steele is a great read - don't read this, it's not you. If you like real characters that you can believe in and care about then read this, it grabs you from the very first page.
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Summary: Photorealism
Review: Reads like a thriller, keeping you on the edge of your seat all the way, but unfortunately, this story is a daily reality in too many families and relationships. What impressed me was the way Quindlen dealt with the frequently asked question of why the abused person doesnt just leave. Because they may become fugitives, afraid for their lives every minute, because they cant ever lead a normal life, because the abuser is likely to stalk and trace them and do further harm, including killing them. In this story the abusive husband was part of the legal system: a police officer. The system sides with the abuser and the spouse has nowhere to turn. I agree with another reviewer that this story should be told more often. Two others with similar plots are Sleeping With the Enemy and Whispers (by Belva Plain).
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Summary: This book is a frightening expose of domestic violence.
Review: An author can make a situation seem blown out of proportion, but Ann Quindlin's Black and Blue will undoubtedly hit home with some who have been abused, know someone who was, or was married to a law enforcement professional. Rage is a disease that destroys all in its path...
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