Strange Fits of Passion: A Novel
(eBook)

Grouping Information

Book Cover Information

Hoopla Extract Information

stdClass Object
(
    [year] => 1999
    [artist] => Anita Shreve
    [fiction] => 1
    [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/opr_9780547545370_270.jpeg
    [titleId] => 16694937
    [isbn] => 9780547545370
    [abridged] => 
    [language] => ENGLISH
    [profanity] => 
    [title] => Strange Fits of Passion
    [demo] => 
    [segments] => Array
        (
        )

    [pages] => 354
    [children] => 
    [artists] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [name] => Anita Shreve
                    [artistFormal] => Shreve, Anita
                    [relationship] => AUTHOR
                )

        )

    [genres] => Array
        (
            [0] => Fiction
            [1] => Literary
            [2] => Romance
            [3] => Science Fiction
            [4] => Suspense
            [5] => Thrillers
        )

    [price] => 2.35
    [id] => 16694937
    [edited] => 
    [kind] => EBOOK
    [active] => 1
    [upc] => 
    [synopsis] => "Thrilling"* with an ingenious structure, Strange Fits of Passion powerful portrait of truth, deception, and a troubled marriage from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve.

*The New Yorker



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 settles into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax. 

Nearly nineteen years later, a cache of documents regarding Maureen English is given to her daughter by a journalist. The truth should lie within them, but the papers raise far more questions than they answer...
    [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16694937
    [pa] => 
    [subtitle] => A Novel
    [publisher] => HarperCollins
    [purchaseModel] => INSTANT
)