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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.
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Mildred Pierce, James M. Cain
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Mildred Pierce
- Language
- English
- Authors
- James M. Cain
- Publisher
- Orion UK
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0752852043
- ISBN13
- 9780752852041
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Family, Classics, 20th century, Noir, Crime Rate, California
- Description
- 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.