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rsinclair6536 's review for:
Black and Blue
by Anna Quindlen
Fran has been physically and mentally abused by her NYC cop husband for a long time we learn in the opening pages -- at the moment she takes her 10-year-old son and runs. Hence, with the exception of a few flashbacks to his brutality, Black and Blue is about a newly single, middle aged woman building a new life while in hiding from her assailant. We avoid much of the horror for a close-up look at the aftermath of the initial traumas, her fear, doubts, longings, loneliness, and attempts to look at life through the distorted lens created by her monster husband. Sometimes a little too sweet, but insightful. Quindlen helped me think about the many ways domestic violence hurts women without wanting to put the story down in disgust.