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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
February 1, 1998
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375401909
ISBN-10
0375401903
Dimensions
1.25 by 4.50 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$24.00
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist presents her third novel, which traces the devolution of a passionate marriage into a violent nightmare, forcing Fran Benedetto to start a new life, and a new identity. Simultaneous.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 4 cassettes / 4 hours
Read by Lili Taylor
With this stunning novel about a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of One True Thing moves into a new dimension as a writer of superb fiction.
With this stunning novel about a woman and a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent, the Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist and bestselling author of One True Thing and Object Lessons moves to a new dimension as a writer of superb fiction. "If literature were judged solely by its ability to elicit strong emotions," Kirkus Reviews said about One True Thing, "columnist-cum-novelist Quindlen would win another Pulitzer."Â Â And the same will be said about Black and Blue, a brilliant novel of suspense, substance, and importance.
In Black and Blue, Fran Benedetto tells a spellbinding story: how at nineteen she fell in love with Bobby Benedetto, how their passionate marriage became a nightmare, why she stayed, and what happened on the night she finally decided to run away with her ten-year-old son and start a new life under a new name. Living in fear in Florida--yet with increasing confidence, freedom, and hope--Fran unravels the complex threads of family, identity, and desire that shape a woman's life, even as she begins to create a new one. As Fran starts to heal from the pain of the past, she almost believes she has escaped it--that Bobby Benedetto will not find her and again provoke the complex combustion between them of attraction and destruction, lust and love.
Black and Blue is a beautifully written, heart-stopping story in which Anna Quindlen writes with power, wisdom, and humor about the real lives of men and women, the varieties of people and love, the bonds between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship, the inexplicable feelings between people who are passionately connected in ways they don't understand. It is a remarkable work of fiction by the writer whom Alice Hoffman has called "a national treasure."
Read by Lili Taylor
With this stunning novel about a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of One True Thing moves into a new dimension as a writer of superb fiction.
With this stunning novel about a woman and a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent, the Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist and bestselling author of One True Thing and Object Lessons moves to a new dimension as a writer of superb fiction. "If literature were judged solely by its ability to elicit strong emotions," Kirkus Reviews said about One True Thing, "columnist-cum-novelist Quindlen would win another Pulitzer."Â Â And the same will be said about Black and Blue, a brilliant novel of suspense, substance, and importance.
In Black and Blue, Fran Benedetto tells a spellbinding story: how at nineteen she fell in love with Bobby Benedetto, how their passionate marriage became a nightmare, why she stayed, and what happened on the night she finally decided to run away with her ten-year-old son and start a new life under a new name. Living in fear in Florida--yet with increasing confidence, freedom, and hope--Fran unravels the complex threads of family, identity, and desire that shape a woman's life, even as she begins to create a new one. As Fran starts to heal from the pain of the past, she almost believes she has escaped it--that Bobby Benedetto will not find her and again provoke the complex combustion between them of attraction and destruction, lust and love.
Black and Blue is a beautifully written, heart-stopping story in which Anna Quindlen writes with power, wisdom, and humor about the real lives of men and women, the varieties of people and love, the bonds between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship, the inexplicable feelings between people who are passionately connected in ways they don't understand. It is a remarkable work of fiction by the writer whom Alice Hoffman has called "a national treasure."
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Wheeler Pub Inc (June 1, 1998)
9781568955650 | details & prices | 336 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $27.95
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
from Random House Inc (February 1, 1998)
9780679435396 | details & prices | List price $20.01
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
from Random House Inc (February 1, 1998)
9780375500510 | details & prices | 293 pages | 6.25 × 10.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $23.00
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
Paperback
from Random House Inc (March 30, 2010)
9780812980493 | details & prices | 310 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
Reprint edition from Delta (March 1, 2000)
9780385333139 | details & prices | 277 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity.
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity.
Reissue edition from Dell Pub Co (March 1, 1999)
9780440226109 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.99
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
Miscellaneous
from Delta (August 25, 2010)
9780307767851 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $15.00
CD/Spoken Word
With Lili Taylor (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Random House (April 5, 2005)
9780739317853 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Traces the devoluton of a passionate marriage into a violent nightmare, forcing Fran Benedetto to start a new life and take on a new identity.
About: Traces the devoluton of a passionate marriage into a violent nightmare, forcing Fran Benedetto to start a new life and take on a new identity.
With Kimberly Schraf |
Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (April 1, 2000)
9780736647595 | details & prices | 4.75 × 5.50 × 1.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $34.95
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Kimberly Schraf (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (March 1, 2000)
9780736646857 | details & prices | 3.25 × 6.00 × 2.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $29.95
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity.
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Lili Taylor (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Random House (February 1, 1998)
9780375401909 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Traces the devoluton of a passionate marriage into a violent nightmare, forcing Fran Benedetto to start a new life and take on a new identity.
About: Traces the devoluton of a passionate marriage into a violent nightmare, forcing Fran Benedetto to start a new life and take on a new identity.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (April 1, 1999)
9780606164566 | details & prices | 3.75 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.49
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613123129 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $18.40
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
About: After her passionate marriage deteriorates into a violent nightmare, Fran Benedetto is forced to start a new life, complete with a new identity
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