Strange Fits of Passion

<strong>Thrilling* with an ingenious structure <em>Strange Fits of Passion</em> is a powerful portrait of truth deception and a violent marriage from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve.<br/>*<em>The New Yorker</em></strong><br/><br/>Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English two successful New York City journalists have a happy stable marriage. It's the early '70s and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse. <br/><br/>But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly and just as Maureen settles into her new life and new identity Harrold reappears bringing the story to a violent unforgettable climax. <br/><br/>Nearly nineteen years later a cache of documents regarding Maureen English is given to her daughter by a journalist. The truth should lie within them but the papers raise far more questions than they answer...