A riveting story told within the framework of one reporter's notes and a woman's letters from prison. A successful journalist in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But her husband, a fellow reporter, has a tendency towards alcohol and violent abuse. Maureen flees with her baby daughter. In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and settles into a new life. But this ends suddenly, leaving behind a murder, a rape charge, a suicide and a helpless child. Nineteen years later, a ...
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A riveting story told within the framework of one reporter's notes and a woman's letters from prison. A successful journalist in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But her husband, a fellow reporter, has a tendency towards alcohol and violent abuse. Maureen flees with her baby daughter. In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and settles into a new life. But this ends suddenly, leaving behind a murder, a rape charge, a suicide and a helpless child. Nineteen years later, a cache of documents regarding Maureen English - abused, accused and imprisoned - are given to her daughter by the journalist who made her name reporting the case. The papers raise far more questions than they answer...
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Add this copy of Strange Fits of Passion to cart. $21.45, new condition, Sold by Prominent Trading Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Orion.
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2003, Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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2003
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This novel is the story of two highly successful people and their family> They are two people who appear to have the perfect family and the perfect marriage. But looks are deceiving. The wife manages to escape with her baby to a small town in New England but the husband is not far behind. Just as she appears to have carved out a new life for herself everything is shattered. Very suspenseful story. It will keep you turning pages far into the night.