'Dolores Claiborne' by Stephen King is a gripping narrative centered around the character Dolores Claiborne, a strong and determined woman who takes drastic measures to protect her family from her abusive husband. Set against the backdrop of a total eclipse, Dolores's story unfolds as she reveals the dark secrets of her past, including the abuse her daughter suffered. The novel is praised for its unique writing style, with no chapter breaks, creating a breathless and suspenseful reading experience. Through Dolores's monologue, King masterfully delves into themes of domestic abuse, revenge, and the strength of a mother's love.
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Content warnings include themes of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and murder, which may be triggering for some readers.
From The Publisher:
Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller about a housekeeper with a long-hidden secret from her past...one that tests her own will to survive.
When Vera Donovan, one of the wealthiest and most ill-natured residents of Maine's Little Tall Island, dies suddenly in her home, suspicion is immediately cast on her housekeeper and caretaker, Dolores Claiborne. Dolores herself is no stranger to such mistrust, thanks to the local chatter and mysterious circumstances surrounding her abusive husband's death twenty-nine years earlier. But if this is truly to be the day of Dolores Claiborne's reckoning, she has a few things of her own that she'd like to get off her chest...and begins to confess a spirited, intimate, and harrowing tale of the darkest secrest hidden within her hardscrabble existence, revealing above all one woman's unwavering determination to weather the storm of her life with grace and protect the one she loves, no matter what the cost....
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The power of a re-read! This time around, almost a year after I first read it I'm giving it 4 stars ( GD is lagging a little bit so I don't know if it shows my correct rating or not). Liked the pyscholgy of this book and the story overall, feels like a book I'll want to revisit from time to time.
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Dolores Claiborne?
About the Author:
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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