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Black and Blue: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Quindlen, Anna. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Black and Blue: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) about?

In Black and Blue, Fran Benedetto tells a spellbinding story: how at nineteen she fell in love with Bobby Benedetto, how their passionate marriage became a nightmare, why she stayed, and what happened on the night she finally decided to run away with her ten-year-old son and start a new life under a new name. Living in fear in Florida - yet with increasing confidence, freedom, and hope - Fran unravels the complex threads of family, identity, and desire that shape a woman's life, even as she begins to create a new one. As Fran starts to heal from the pain of the past, she almost believes she has escaped it - that Bobby Benedetto will not find her and again provoke the complex combustion between them of attraction and destruction, lust and love. Black and Blue is a story in which Anna Quindlen writes about the real lives of men and women, the varieties of people and love, the bonds between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship, the inexplicable feelings between people who are passionately connected in ways they don't understand.

Who reads Black and Blue: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Quindlen, Anna.
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORK
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9780613123129
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction
Rating
3.86 / 5 (732 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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