Black and Blue - Oprah's Book Club

Zusatztext “Intimate and illuminating and! as is true of most anything Quindlen writes! well worth the read.” — People "Heartbreaking." — Time "Beautifully paced—keeps the reader anxiously turning the pages." — New York Times Book Review "A gut-wrencher—another stunner." — Denver Post "Impossible to put down—the tension is both awful and mesmerizing." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Engrossing—compassionate and tense." — New York Times "Her best novel yet." — Publishers Weekly "Absolutely believable—Quindlen writes with power and grace." — Boston Globe "A moving masterpiece." — Lexington Herald-Leader A selection of the Literary Guild and Oprah's Book Club Informationen zum Autor Anna Quindlen Klappentext NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Intimate and illuminating and, as is true of most anything Quindlen writes, well worth the read."-People For eighteen years Fran Benedetto kept her secret, hid her bruises. She stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a father, and because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son's face, Fran finally made a choice-and ran for both their lives. Now she is starting over in a city far from home, far from Bobby. In this place she uses a name that isn't hers, watches over her son, and tries to forget. For the woman who now calls herself Beth, every day is a chance to heal, to put together the pieces of her shattered self. And every day she waits for Bobby to catch up to her. Bobby always said he would never let her go, and despite the ingenuity of her escape, Fran Benedetto is certain of one thing: It is only a matter of time. Praise for Black and Blue "Heartbreaking."-Time "Beautifully paced-keeps the reader anxiously turning the pages."-New York Times Book Review "A gut-wrencher-another stunner."-Denver Post "Impossible to put down-the tension is both awful and mesmerizing."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Engrossing-compassionate and tense."-New York Times "Her best novel yet."-Publishers Weekly "Absolutely believable-Quindlen writes with power and grace."-Boston Globe "A moving masterpiece."-Lexington Herald-LeaderThe first time my husband hit me I was nineteen years old. One sentence and I'm lost. One sentence and I can hear his voice in my head, that butterscotch-syrup voice that made goose bumps rise on my arms when I was young, that turned all of my skin warm and alive with a sibilant S, the drawling vowels, its shocking fricatives. It always sounded like a whisper, the way he talked, the intimacy of it, the way the words seemed to go into your guts, your head, your heart. "Geez, Bob," one of the guys would say, "you should have been a radio announcer. You should have done those voice-over things for commercials." It was like a genie, wafting purple and smoky from the lamp, Bobby's voice, or perfume when you took the glass stopper out of the bottle. I remember going to court once when Bobby was a witness in a case. It was eleven, maybe twelve years ago, before Robert was born, before my collarbone was broken, and my nose, which hasn't healed quite right because I set it myself, looking in the bathroom mirror in the middle of the night, petals of adhesive tape fringing the frame. Bobby wanted me to come to court when he was testifying because it was a famous case at the time, although one famous case succeeds another in New York City the way one pinky-gold sunset over the sludge of the Hudson River fades and blooms, brand-new each night. A fifteen-year-old boy from Brooklyn was accused of raping a Dominican nun at knifepoint and then asking her to pray for him. His attorney said it was a lie, that the kid had had no idea that the woman in t...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anna Quindlen
• Editore: Random House USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.2010
• EAN: 9780812980493
• ISBN: 978-0-8129-8049-3
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 131 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Serie: Random House Reader's Circle; Random House Reader's Circle
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi