Mary McGarry Morris
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.72 | 973 Users | 115 Reviews
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| Original Title: | A Dangerous Woman |
| ISBN: | 0140272119 (ISBN13: 9780140272116) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Martha Horgan is not like other women. She stares. She has violent crushes on people. She can't stop telling the truth. Martha craves love, independence, and companionship, but her relentless honesty makes her painfully vulnerable to those around her: Frances, her wealthy aunt and begrudging guardian; Birdy, who befriends her, then cruelly rejects her; and Colin Mackey, the seductive man who preys on her desires. Confused and bitter, distyrusting even those with her best interests at heart, Martha is propelled into a desperate attempt to gain control over her own life.A novel of unnerving suspense and terrifying insight into the perversities of passion, A Dangerous Woman is as devastatingly honest as Martha herself.Declare Epithetical Books A Dangerous Woman
| Title | : | A Dangerous Woman |
| Author | : | Mary McGarry Morris |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1997 by Penguin Books (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Novels. Literary Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 973 Users | 115 ReviewsWrite-Up Epithetical Books A Dangerous Woman
A study of a poor, troubled woman in her thirties in a community that doesn't provide her any help, leading to a tragic conclusion. I thought this was reasonably well done. Reminded me of some of the Joyce Carol Oates I've read -- melodramatic, occasional pockets of engaging action, lots of character insight, and a look at the underclass. We see Martha Horgan go through a horrific incident when she's seventeen (in the opening pages). She would have had a difficult life even if this hadn'tMartha Horgan isn't like anyone else. She isn't like anyone she knows or like anyone the people who know her know. She isn't like anyone else you're likely to read about.What's wrong with her? Autism? Maybe, in part. Dissociation? Whatever that means. She develops violent hatreds that can't be changed, but even more violent affections that no negative evidence can dislodge. She cannot hold a normal conversation because she does not know the rules, cannot recognize the mechanisms of interaction.
When the truth doesn't set you freeThe story of Martha Horgan is so well written , so realistic. The characters authentic, so that the reader feels them sitting nearby. Sometimes I wanted to hug one, most times I wanted to slap one. Martha Horgan is a young woman who's been marginalized all her life. Taunted and tormented because of her emotional outbursts and eccentricities, she's been pushed and shoved around by family, peers, and townspeople. Raised by her caretaker father and aunt, both too
Rating this book provoked an internal struggle. I vacillated between 2 and 5. The protagonist, Martha Horgan, is an endearing frustrating personality the medical world would probably classify as autistic, the three legged cow, the painted bird, the member of the herd or flock that all the others tease and scapegoat. As you read through the purgatory of her ostracism, you keep hoping she will adjust just enough to find some small kernel of happiness and fulfillment and be accepted, but the story
The most genuine portrayal of a mentally ill individual I have ever read.
A dangerous woman is the fictional story of 32yr old Martha Horgan, a woman with mental disability which lends itself to social awkwardness. The book opens with an uncomfortable scene from Martha's adolescence which stems from her inability to see that not everyone is honest (like she is- to a fault) or has her best intentions in mind.From the moment I started reading A Dangerous Woman, I did not particularly like Marthe or the characters introduced as her family members, coworkers and love
I thought the prose in this book was just so gorgeous. What a unique voice this author has! But, that being said. It was also very dense, very wordy, very long winded, and really seemed to go in circles. There was a lot of unnecessary fluff in this book for me that made it exhausting. At first I found it charming and compared it how exhausting it must feel to live in Marthas head. But then it just got so slow for me. I was grateful when it was over. The ending was unsurprising but still
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