From Our Editors
Fran Benedetto doesn`t want to face the truth. She has her
reasons, mainly that she wants her son to have a father. And Fran
loves Bobby, she really does; he just has a bad temper. Although
Fran keeps her secret for 18 years, one night she comes home and
sees a look of fear on her young son`s face - the same look she has
seen so often in the mirror. In Black and Blue, Fran must
take her son and run before it`s too late!
From the Publisher
With daring and compassion, Anna Quindlen weaves a forceful,
harrowing portrait of a woman and a marriage, capturing the
profound intricacies of love and rage, passion and violence. At
once heartbreaking and utterly riveting, BLACK AND BLUE is an
extraordinary work of fiction and a brilliant achievement.
For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept her secret, hid her
bruises, and stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a
father and because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one
night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son''s face, Fran
finally made a choice--and ran for both their lives.
With the repackaging of BLACK AND BLUE and One True Thing, Anna
Quindlen takes her place alongside Dell''s Alice McDermott and
Rosellen Brown bringing their beloved, acclaimed contemporary
classics to a whole new audience of trade paperback readers in
Delta editions.
From the Jacket
With daring and compassion, Anna Quindlen weaves a forceful,
harrowing portrait of a woman and a marriage, capturing the
profound intricacies of love and rage, passion and violence. At
once heartbreaking and utterly riveting, BLACK AND BLUE is an
extraordinary work of fiction and a brilliant achievement.
For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept her secret, hid her
bruises, and stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a
father and because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one
night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son''s face, Fran
finally made a choice--and ran for both their lives.
With the repackaging of BLACK AND BLUE and One True Thing, Anna
Quindlen takes her place alongside Dell''s Alice McDermott and
Rosellen Brown bringing their beloved, acclaimed contemporary
classics to a whole new audience of trade paperback readers in
Delta editions.
About the Author
ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of two other bestselling novels, Object
Lessons and One True Thing. Her New York Times column, "Public
& Private," won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, and a selection of
these columns was published as Thinking Out Loud. She is also the
author of a collection of her "Life in the 30''s" columns, Living
Out Loud, and two children''s books, The Tree That Came to Stay and
Happily Ever After. She lives in New York City.
Trade Paperback
288 Pages, 5.25 x 8.05 x 0.8 in
February 8, 2000
Random House Publishing Group
English
0385333137
9780385333139