Mildred Pierce
Author | : James M. Cain |
Publisher | : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2010-12-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307772930 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307772934 |
Rating | : 4/5 (934 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mildred Pierce written by James M. Cain and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mildred Pierce, noir master James M. Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devasting emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable. Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter.