Black and Blue, Anna Quindlen
Black and Blue, Anna Quindlen
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Black and Blue

Author: Anna Quindlen

Narrator: Ruth Ann Phimister

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/09/2008


Synopsis

For eighteen years Fran Benedetto kept her secret, hid her bruises. She stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a father, and because, in spite of everything, she loved him. Then one night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son’s face, Fran finally made a choice—and ran for both their lives.

Now she is starting over in a city far from home, far from Bobby. In this place she uses a name that isn’t hers, watches over her son, and tries to forget. For the woman who now calls herself Beth, every day is a chance to heal, to put together the pieces of her shattered self. And every day she waits for Bobby to catch up to her. Bobby always said he would never let her go, and despite the ingenuity of her escape, Fran Benedetto is certain of one thing: It is only a matter of time.

“Intimate and illuminating and, as is true of most anything Quindlen writes, well worth the read.”—People

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK

About Anna Quindlen

Anna Marie Quindlen is an author, journalist, and opinion columnist. Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Candi on October 21, 2016

4.5 stars "I stayed because I thought things would get better, or at least not worse. I stayed because I wanted my son to have a father and I wanted a home. For a long time I stayed because I loved Bobby Benedetto, because no one had ever gotten to me the way he did. I think he knew that. He made me......more

Goodreads review by ZaBeth on May 18, 2010

If you have been lucky enough never to have been hit by a man, Anna Quindlen Black and Blue is written so that you can walk in a beaten woman’s shoes. No intelligent woman would ever stay with a man who hits her, right? But love does many things to a person and intelligence is usually the first thin......more

Goodreads review by Andy on November 18, 2024

(4'7🌟) "[...] Los hijos impiden que te arrepientas del pasado. Son sus mejores frutos. A veces, los únicos." Creo que empezar esta reseña diciendo un típico "me ha encantado" no sería lo más apropiado, al menos no con el tema que trata, uno tan duro y real que muchas mujeres tienen que vivir cada día.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on February 05, 2013

I first read this book when I was entering 9th grade, and it changed my life. This may have been because of my age, but for me, Fran was a woman who did what I had never realized you could do- she left a horrible situation to make her life better. This book still inspires me, still makes me cry, and......more

Goodreads review by Wes on January 17, 2013

A resolution of mine for 2013 was to read books by authors new to me. I have several favorite writers, and I concentrate much of my reading on their works. I had heard of Anna Quindlen over the years, but had never read anything by her. I picked up this paperback in a Goodwill store. Even though I b......more