Behind closed doors
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- ISBN: 0446530298 :
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Physical Description
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467 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher New York : Warner Books, [2004]
- Copyright ©2004
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Citation/References Note: | Publ Weekly August 02,2004 Kirkus July 01,2004 |
Target Audience Note: | Adult. |
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Behind Closed Doors
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Summary
Behind Closed Doors
Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie O'Connor is a sheltered and innocent young woman who comes of age in the 1950s. When, at age 18, she meets and falls deeply in love with Jack Marsh, a dashing veteran of the Air Force, little does she know that she is about to begin a relationship that is doomed from the start. Their many years of marriage are filled with Jack's drunken rages followed by morning-after remorse, and scenes of escalating violence witnessed by children too terrified to speak out lest they become Jack's next victims. A powerful story of a marriage begun with the best intentions but cursed by a legacy of violence that will have shocking consequences.