Mildred Pierce
James M. Cain
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
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· 20 ratings · 307 pages · Published: 1941
Out of these elements, Cain created a novel (later made into a film noir classic) of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence—and a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable.
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