I am SUCH a Stephen King fan. I highly recommend the Audible version. Let me know if you’d like a copy, and I will gift it to you. Frances Sternhagen is an incredible narrator, and the perfect choice for this role. THe character of Dolores is based on King’s own mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, who raised King and his brothers after her husband abandoned them. In Danse Macabre, King writes, “After my father took off, my mother landed on her feet scrambling. My brother and I didn’t see a great deal of her over the next nine years.” Loved, loved, loved this one.
“An unforgettable, unflinching glimpse into a mind driven to murder” (San Francisco Chronicle) – the number-one national best seller from Stephen King about a housekeeper with a long-hidden secret from her past…one that tests her own will to survive.
Dolores Claiborne is suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, and when the police question her, she tells the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband 30 years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera’s physical and mental decline and how she became emotionally demanding in recent years.
Given a voice as compelling as any in contemporary fiction, the strange intimacy between Dolores and Vera – and the link that binds them – unfolds in Dolores’ account. Dolores Claiborne is “a literary triumph. The finest of King novels…a plot of enormous energy…. Read this book.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
©1993 Stephen King (P)1992 Penguin Highbridge Audio
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Pretty Colors Unabridged 