Summary and Reviews of Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

Media Reviews

People ...Anna Quindlen demonstrates the same winning qualities that inform her journalism close observation, well-reasoned argument and appealing economy of language.... this portrait of a battered woman is intimate and illuminating and, as is true of most anything Quindlen writes, well worth the read.

People ...Anna Quindlen demonstrates the same winning qualities that inform her journalism close observation, well-reasoned argument and appealing economy of language.... this portrait of a battered woman is intimate and illuminating and, as is true of most anything Quindlen writes, well worth the read.

The Washington Post Book World Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.

The Washington Post Book World Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.

Time In Anna Quindlen's third novel, Black and Blue, the former New York Times columnist has caught the evil essence. If its moment should prove to be right (a long shot, to be sure), the novel is good enough to become to domestic violence what Uncle Tom's Cabin was to slavery - a morally crystallizing act of propaganda that works because it has the ring of truth.

Time In Anna Quindlen's third novel, Black and Blue, the former New York Times columnist has caught the evil essence. If its moment should prove to be right (a long shot, to be sure), the novel is good enough to become to domestic violence what Uncle Tom's Cabin was to slavery - a morally crystallizing act of propaganda that works because it has the ring of truth.

The New York Times Book Review Perhaps Quindlen intended to use Black and Blue as a way to dramatize the gravity of domestic violence; unfortunately, the novel is nowhere near as convincing as the news reports all of us have seen on television. But it does keep the reader anxiously turning pages.

The New York Times Book Review Perhaps Quindlen intended to use Black and Blue as a way to dramatize the gravity of domestic violence; unfortunately, the novel is nowhere near as convincing as the news reports all of us have seen on television. But it does keep the reader anxiously turning pages.

Kirkus Reviews Quindlen writes about women as they really are, neither helpless victims nor angry polemicists, but intelligent human beings struggling to do what's right for those they love and for themselves. A book to read and savor.