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Strange Fits Of Passion: A Novel
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Strange Fits Of Passion: A Novel Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition

by Shreve, Anita

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Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English have a happy, stable marriage. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.

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  • Title Strange Fits Of Passion: A Novel
  • Author Shreve, Anita
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-10-04
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0156031396-3-30816301
  • ISBN 9780156031394 / 0156031396
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.26 x 0.81 in (20.07 x 13.36 x 2.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: Maine
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Abused wives
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

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.

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"On my book tours, I am often asked a number of questions: Did he really do it?"

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Media reviews

"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

Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 11/01/2005, Page 72