A Dangerous Woman, Mary McGarry Morris
A Dangerous Woman, Mary McGarry Morris
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A Dangerous Woman

Author: Mary McGarry Morris

Narrator: Ruth Ann Phimister

Unabridged: 14 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/28/2011

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

The “compelling, suspenseful” novel of a vulnerable misfit in a small town by the New York Times–bestselling author of Light from a Distant Star (Publishers Weekly). Named one of the five best novels of the year by Time magazine, A Dangerous Woman is the story of the damaged and emotionally unstable Martha Horgan, an outcast in her small Vermont town. She stares; she has violent crushes on people; and, perhaps most unsettling of all, she cannot stop telling the truth. After a traumatic experience during her teenage years, the thirty-two-year-old now craves love and companionship, but her relentless honesty makes her painfully vulnerable to those around her: Frances, her wealthy aunt and begrudging guardian; Birdy Dusser, who befriends her and then cruelly rejects her; and Colin Mackey, the seductive man who preys on her desires. Confused and bitter, distrusting even those with her best interests at heart, Martha is slowly propelled into a desperate attempt to gain control over her own life. The National Book Award–nominated author of Songs in Ordinary Time tells a tale of unnerving suspense and terrifying psychological insight that is “at once thrilling and deeply affecting” (The New York Times).

About Mary McGarry Morris

Mary McGarry Morris is the author of Vanished, a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award; A Dangerous Woman, which was chosen by Time magazine as one of the five best novels of the year; Songs in Ordinary Time, an Oprah Book Club Selection and national bestseller; and the critically acclaimed Fiona Range and A Hole in the Universe. She lives in Andover, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by rebekah on November 06, 2007

Picked this gem up at a second hand book shop in Madrid on Sunday, I read it in two days. Don't you love books like that? Where you gotta finish or you'll die? It was tragic, fabulous and engaging. The kind of book that makes you think you too, are mentally ill. Also the kind of book that makes you......more

Goodreads review by Derek on June 28, 2015

Martha Horgan isn't like anyone else. She isn't like anyone she knows or like anyone the people who know her know. She isn't like anyone else you're likely to read about. What's wrong with her? Autism? Maybe, in part. Dissociation? Whatever that means. She develops violent hatreds that can't be chang......more

Goodreads review by Denidevine on October 03, 2009

This is a heartbreaking story that I couldn't put down and have never forgotten.........more

Goodreads review by Geri on January 30, 2016

"...she had never been loved." This is the reason given for a key part of the drama in this novel. But it is more. It is the overarching theme for almost all of the main characters, including Martha of course. We see how each person longs for connection and love and yet reaches for it in unskillful w......more

Goodreads review by Carole on January 12, 2015

This is a compelling book which is at times difficult to read. Marja Hogan is "different" (probably Asburgers) and she has been teased and tormented all her life. She desperately wants a normal life, but her blunt honesty and clinging relationships cause nothing but trouble to herself and everyone w......more