A Dangerous Woman

McGarry Morris, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857028589 ISBN 13: 9781857028584

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 1998

A DANGEROUS WOMAN is Mary McGarry Morris’s second novel, the compelling story of Martha Horgan, whose life from the very beginning contain the seeds of a terrible tragedy.

’’From the beginning you know there will be a murder... you don’t know who will kill or be killed but the candidates are clear... a tour de force." The New Yorker

All her life, Martha Horgan has been either mocked or stunned, labelled abnormal by the fellow inhabitants of her small town world. When the teenage Martha is attacked in the woods, it is she, not her classmates, who ends up leaving school and taking the blame for what happened.

Desperate for affection, hating lies and hypocrisy, Martha’s life inevitably leads to a horrific tragedy and misunderstanding. But her compelling story is one of great love, inspiring hope and social comedy.

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
 

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1991, a novel about a teenage girl who has been mocked or labelled abnormal by the other people in her home town, and when she is attacked, it is she who takes the blame. However, tragedy and misunderstanding are in store. By the author of SONGS IN ORDINARY TIME.