Full name: Strange Fits of Passion: A Novel

Author: Anita Shreve Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Romance, Mystery, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780156031394 0156031396

A labyrinthine tale of truth and deception from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve  Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen begins to settle into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax. Similar books: Andrew's Brain by E. L. Doctorow Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley This Side of Innocence by Taylor Caldwell Point of No Return by John P. Marquand Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge Daughter of Silence by Morris West The Plot by Irving Wallace The Insult by Rupert Thomson The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow A Girl in Winter by Philip Larkin Ticket to Ride by Dennis Potter The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Loyd Want Not by Jonathan Miles Run with the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams Wreckage by Emily Bleeker The Man Who Didn't Call by Rosie Walsh The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve My Lover's Lover by Maggie O'Farrell