A Dangerous Woman - Hardcover

Morris, Mary McGarry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670836990 ISBN 13: 9780670836994

Publisher: Viking, 1991

Synopsis

Martha Horgan is not like other women. She stares. She has violent crushes on people. She can't stop telling the truth. Martha craves love, independence, and companionship, but her relentless honesty makes her painfully vulnerable to those around her: Frances, her wealthy aunt and begrudging guardian; Birdy, who befriends her, then cruelly rejects her; and Colin Mackey, the seductive man who preys on her desires. Confused and bitter, distyrusting even those with her best interests at heart, Martha is propelled into a desperate attempt to gain control over her own life.A novel of unnerving suspense and terrifying insight into the perversities of passion, A Dangerous Woman is as devastatingly honest as Martha herself.

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Product Description:

macmillan hb/dj,1991 1st edition

Review:

“[A] remarkable talent . . . In this compelling, suspenseful narrative, Morris speaks to larger issues while limning an unforgettable portrait of a vulnerable woman.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“A powerful, disconcerting, and heartbreaking story of a woman who is most dangerous to herself.” —Library Journal
 
“With Vanished and A Dangerous Woman, Ms. Morris established herself as a credible heir to Carson McCullers . . . a wise, unsentimental portraitist of the lonely, the damned, the desperate and the incomplete.” —The New York Times Book Review
 
Praise for Mary McGarry Morris
“One of our finest American writers.” —The Miami Herald
 
“A superb storyteller.” —The Washington Post
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0670836990
• ISBN 13: 9780670836994
• Binding: Hardcover