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Black and Blue

Black and Blue
by Anna Quindlen
Hardcover: Feb 1998,
293 pages.
Paperback: Feb 1999,
396 pages.

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Review (not rated) by Trish
Anna Writes realy inspiring books! I just got finished reading one of her books called Blessings. It is a realy good book! Its shows you that when you realy think you know the people around you, Sometimes you dont, it also shows that people can change! well, hoe you have the chance to read it! thanks!

Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by No Name
I just finished the book. I've read other books that dealt with the concept of domestic violence from a woman's point of view, and I'd have to say that this one is definitely not as graphic. I'm not too sure whether I wanted more of an explanation for the ending, but maybe the author intended to not be cliche. I would defnitely say I couldn't put the book down and wanted to find out what was happening to the characters, and I especially loved the emotional descriptions throughout the book. Well written, and recommended, be wary of finding the realistic nature of the abuse though, for from what I understand it could have been portrayed much more graphically.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by La-Trisha Smith
I Think that this book is very good, it gives women an positive outlook on a bad relationship

Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by Anonymous
I was assigned this book for a project in my grade 11 Uni. English class, and I really enjoyed reading it, However, I was a little disappointed with the ending. Though it was quite realistic, it seemed to end a little abruptly. Despite that fact, I still found it an interesting read, and am looking forward to making a presentation on it :)

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Seeba
i liked this book because you got to see how she was treated by her husband. I think everyone should read this book

Rated 3 of 5 of 5 by KSA
It is delightly developed book. A reader cannot stop reading. It is full of suspense. Step by step you will be aqcuiented by moving back and following forward. However, whole story goes on only through the eyes of Fran Benedetto; all things were up to her. She made a decision to run away. Meanwhile reader could find that by running away she won't find a solution. A year spent with fear of back and hopes to future in Florida was not better than her old life. Moreover, the end is terrible. How she could lost from her sight to make claer about the promise made by her husband that the rest of her life gonna be worse than death. It is unclear for me. It would be almost a perfect book if it had had a clever end.
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