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Black and blue : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Black and blue : a novel

Quindlen, Anna. (Author).

Summary: A nurse escapes her abusive husband, a New York policeman, taking their son with her to Florida. She assumes a new identity and even finds romance, but there is a price, the 10-year-old boy misses his father and she lives in constant fear the father will find them, which he does. The novel analyzes why abused women wait so long to make their break.

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  • ISBN: 0385333137 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0679435395 (acid-free)
  • ISBN: 0375500510 (acid-free)
  • ISBN: 97803755005110 (acid-free)
  • ISBN: 9780679435396 (acid-free)
  • ISBN: 0440226104 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    293 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, c1998.
Subject: Wife abuse -- Fiction
Abused women -- Fiction
Family violence -- Fiction
Runaway wives -- Fiction
Genre: Domestic fiction.
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  • 10 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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Prince Rupert Library QUIN (Text) 33294000993832 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -

Summary: A nurse escapes her abusive husband, a New York policeman, taking their son with her to Florida. She assumes a new identity and even finds romance, but there is a price, the 10-year-old boy misses his father and she lives in constant fear the father will find them, which he does. The novel analyzes why abused women wait so long to make their break.
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