Strange Fits of Passion - Softcover

Shreve, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156031396 ISBN 13: 9780156031394

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"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

Book Description:

* EDEN CLOSE, STRANGE FITS OF PASSION, WHERE OR WHEN - the first three Anita Shreve novels in a first Anita Shreve Omnibus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0156031396
• ISBN 13: 9780156031394
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352