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Book Review of Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Stephen King can make your blood run cold with the most commonplace of scenarios - don't you love it?! He takes the dreary life of a "jumped up housekeeper" for a "high-ridin' bitch" and creates a story that demands the reader's attention to the final page. The first person narrative of Dolores is an authentic feminine voice from post-war America through the end of the century. Perhaps the most frightening picture is a time and a place where women's liberation had not gained even a token acceptance from men or from women, either. A word from Dolores: "Sometimes a woman has to be a bitch to survive, but bein' a bitch is hard work, I'll tell the world it is."