![]() ![]() Ruth Ann Phimister’s narrative talent beautifully underscores a suspenseful and very important exploration of the complexity of personal relationships. Black and Blue is a wise and powerful novel whose protagonists could be the people next door. Living in Florida under an assumed name, she is bravely shaping a new life and dares to believe that, finally, she has escaped from her painful past. Now, with her 10-year-old son in tow, she is running for her life. Every time her New York City policeman husband hit her, she would think of convincing reasons to stay. When 19-year-old Fran married Bobby Benedetto, she never dreamed that she would find herself in an abusive relationship. ![]() This Oprah’s Book Club selection, destined to become as successful a best-seller as One True Thing, secures her reputation as a significant author of fiction. Writing with the depth and insight that have become her signature, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen explores a passionate marriage that turns into a nightmare. ![]()
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