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OverviewBy her own account she's an old Yankee bitch, Dolores Claiborne: foul temper, foul mouth, foul life. Folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting thirty years to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day her husband, Joe, died - the day of the total eclipse. The police want to know what happened yesterday, when rich, bedridden Vera Donovan, the island's grande dame sans merci and Dolores's longtime employer, died suddenly in her care. With no choice but to talk, Dolores Claiborne talks up a storm. Everything I did, I did for love, she says, and this spellbinding novel is at once her confession and her defense. Given a voice as compelling as any in contemporary fiction, her story centers on a disintegrating marriage's molten core, where the mind's unblinking eye becomes huge with hate and a woman's heart turns murderous. It unfolds the strange intimacy between Dolores and Vera, and the link that binds them. It shows, finally, how fierce love can be, and how dreadful its consequences. And how the soul, harrowed by the hardest life, can achieve a kind of grace. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen KingPublisher: Perfection Learning Imprint: Perfection Learning Dimensions: Width: 10.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 17.50cm Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9780780788220ISBN 10: 0780788222 Pages: 373 Publication Date: 01 December 1993 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAmong King's best...an unforgettable, unflinching glimpse into a mind driven to murder. ( San Francisco Chronicle ) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |