| Behind Closed Doors Contributor(s): Sloan, Susan R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0446530298 ISBN-13: 9780446530293 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003025087 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6.36" W x 9.19" (1.82 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie O'Connor is a sheltered and innocent young woman who comes of age in the 1950s. When, at age 18, she meets and falls deeply in love with Jack Marsh, a dashing veteran of the Air Force, little does she know that she is about to begin a relationship that is doomed from the start. Their many years of marriage are filled with Jack's drunken rages followed by morning-after remorse, and scenes of escalating violence witnessed by children too terrified to speak out lest they become Jack's next victims. A powerful story of a marriage begun with the best intentions but cursed by a legacy of violence that will have shocking consequences. |