Mildred Pierce Contributor(s): Cain, James M. (Author), Williams, Christine (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786160470 ISBN-13: 9780786160471 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2007 Annotation: Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter. Out of these elements, Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable. |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.26" W x 5.8" L (0.52 lbs) |
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Unabridged |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/28/2007 pg. 55 |
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Publisher Description: Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter. Out of these elements, Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cain, James M.: - James Mallahan Cain (1892-1977) worked as a reporter during World War I and was managing editor at the New Yorker before going to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. His novels, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity, became film noir classics. In 1974, he was awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Williams, Christine: -Christine Williams is a singer and actor based in Ashland, Oregon. Her performance credits include productions at regional theaters and on concert stages across the country and around the world, from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Barbican Centre in London to the Aspen Music Festival and the Grotowski Institute in Poland. |
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