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An edition of Dolores Claiborne
(1992)
Dolores Claiborne
First Edition
by Stephen King
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"By her own account she's an old Yankee bitch, Dolores Claiborne: foul temper, foul mouth, foul life. Folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting thirty years to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day her husband, Joe, died - the day of the total eclipse. The police want to know what happened yesterday, when rich, bedridden Vera Donovan, the island's grande dame sans merci and Dolores's longtime employer, died suddenly in her care." "With no choice but to talk, Dolores Claiborne talks up a storm. "Everything I did, I did for love," she says, and this spellbinding novel is at once her confession and her defense. Given a voice as compelling as any in contemporary fiction, her story centers on a disintegrating marriage's molten core, where the mind's unblinking eye becomes huge with hate and a woman's heart turns murderous. It unfolds the strange intimacy between Dolores and Vera, and the link that binds them. It shows, finally, how fierce love can be, and how dreadful its consequences. And how the soul, harrowed by the hardest life, can achieve a kind of grace."--BOOK JACKET.
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Women, Intimacy (Psychology), Confession, Fiction, Confesión, Intimidad (Psicología), Horror, Open Library Staff Picks, Mujeres, Ficción, Cuentos de terror, Horror tales, Large type books, Fiction, general, American literature, Fiction, horror, Maine, fiction, Claiborne, dolores (fictitious character), fiction, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, crime, Fiction, thrillers, psychologicalPeople
Brenda, Clarice, Cloris, Patricia, Tommy Anderson, Yvette, Anderson, Jolene Aubuchon, Cindy Babcock, Nancy Bannister, Mark Benoit, Sonny Benoit, Andy Bissette, Maria Bissette, Vincent Bragg, Willy Bramball, Henry Briarton, Stevie Brooks, John Caron, Melissa Caron, Philio Caron, Tanya Caron, Dolores Claiborne, Mr. Claiborne, Patricia Claiborne, Arlene Cullum, Mrs. Devereaux, Jimmy DeWitt, Charlie Dispenzieri, Helga Donovan, Michael Donovan, Vera Donovan, Harry Doucette, Peter, Doyon, Alicia Forbert, Jack Forber, Harley Fox, Chip Freneau, Jimmy Gagnon, Randy Gigeure, Alan Greenbush, Reverend Huff, Brandon Jaegger, Karen Jolander, Mabel Jolander, Ted Kenopensky, Laurie Langill, Gail Lavesue, Duke Marchant, Sammy Marchant, John Marshall, John McAuliffe, Lisa McCandless, Chip McLeod, Hattie McLeod, Lucien Mercier, Sandra Mulchaye, Dickey O'Hara, Mr. Pease, Dave Pelletier, Norris Pinette, Skippy Porter, Frank Proulx, Susan Emma Proulx, Sonny Quist, Seth Reed, George Richards, Neely Robichaud, Mrs. Sheets, Edgar Sherrick Dolores St. George, Fred S. George, Joe St. George, Pete St. George, Selena St. George, Alicia St. George, Gordon Stargill, Mike Stargill, Dougie Tappert, Garrett Thibodeau, Rick Thibodeau, Collie Violette, Shawna WyndhamPlaces
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Dolores Claiborne
1993, New English Library
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- New English Library paperback edition (1)
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Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.
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