Black And Blue - Softcover

"It is rare to find a novel at once tender and taut, full of insight, yet with a darkness at its centre - and that's what makes it a gripping read" (Margaret Forster)

"Quindlen invests her tale with rare pathos and even rarer psychological acumen ... the honesty of her storytelling is exemplary" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Anna Quindlen pours heart into Black and Blue ... this novel olingers like a bruise" (She)

"Quindlen has got so deeply inside her characters that they gave me nightmares" (The Times)

"I loved it. Qualities and shades of love are this writer's strong suit, and she has the unusual talent for writing about them with so much truth and heart that one is carried away on a tidal wave of involvement and concern" (Elizabeth Jane Howard)

Fran Benedetto's husband beats her. So badly that she takes her son and runs away. Starting afresh in Florida under assumed names, Fran and Robert slowly rebuild their lives - until an accident at a fairground puts Fran into the public eye. Now, she must face up to her worst fear: that her husband will come after her. That he will never let her go.