Dolores Claiborne / Stephen King.
The story unfolds in one continuous chapter, told in the first person by the cranky, 65-year-old housekeeper, Dolores, who is explaining to police officers and a stenographer how and why she killed her husband, Joe, 30 years ago. At the same time, in her rambling monologue, she insists that she did not kill her longtime employer, Vera Donovan--notwithstanding what the residents of Little Tall Island may be whispering. Joe was a drinker, and, as Dolores gradually argues, he deserved to die for the horrifying crimes he committed against his family. But Vera, despite her cantankerous disposition as a lady governing her decaying estate with her precise rules about even the most mundane household chore ("Six pins! Remember to use six pins! Don't you let the wind blow my good sheets down to the corner of the yard!"), was a good woman--or at least not an evil one. She was the woman who hired the young Dolores and kept her on even after Dolores got pregnant again. Dolores cleaned and cared for her even as the old matron faded into senility.
Record details
- ISBN: 0451177096
- ISBN: 0606058117
- ISBN: 0670844527
- ISBN: 0670849367
- ISBN: 9780670844524
- Physical Description: 305 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1993.
- Copyright: ©1993.
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| General Note: | Publisher and paging may vary. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1150L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.3 14 18931. |
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| Subject: | Women > Fiction. Women. Womyn. Maine > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC KIN (Text) | 37810434999305 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | FIC KIN (Text) | 37810434310370 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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