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King, Stephen, 1947-

Rose Madder / - New York : Viking, 1995. - 420 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

After suffering a miscarriage brought on by a beating, an abused wife leaves her husband, using his ATM card to buy a bus ticket out of town. The novel describes her struggle to begin a new life, then her husband, a sadistic police officer, comes looking for her. After fourteen years of beatings and abuse, Rose runs away from her husband. Unfortunately, he is a detective, and he has ways of finding her.

ISBN: 0670858692 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 95014376

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Runaway wives--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Psychological fiction.
Horror fiction.
Love stories.

LC Class. No.: PS3561.I483 / R67 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54