Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

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Black and Blue
310 pages; Random House

Black and Blue is a beautifully written, heart-stopping story in which Anna Quindlen writes with power, wisdom, and humor 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.
Featured in Oprah's Book Club 1998