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Mildred Pierce

By: James M. Cain
Narrated by: Christine Williams
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 Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness and determination. She used those attributes to survive a divorce in 1940s America with two children and to claw her way out of poverty, becoming a successful businesswoman. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to her monstrous daughter.

Out of these elements, Cain created a novel (later made into a film noir classic) of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence - and a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable.

©1941 James M. Cain (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Classics Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Psychological Crime

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"[James M. Cain is] the poet of the hard-boiled school of the American novel." ( Washington Post)
"A novel that, once begun, will almost surely be read to the end....it reflects no codes, no restrictions, and none but the primordial necessities. It is a bath in sensation." ( New York Times Book Review)
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Love every minute if this book. Very well written. A timeless story of a mother's triumphs and struggles

what a story..timeless

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Excellent narration and a well paced and engaging tale of the damage inherent love can do.

Superb

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The best book I’ve listened to in a while. The plot & writing were excellent & the narrator very good.

Fantastic

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I saw the film many years ago so broadly knew the plot. Very enjoyable read which gives an insight into a very different time, The themes of love, money, betrayal are still the same though. Great listen.

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I saw the film first years ago and was excited to read the
book

Great book well read

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