Why read Dolores Claiborne?

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King's Number One bestselling suspense novel, 'a compelling masterpiece' (Sunday Telegraph) about a housekeeper with a long-hidden secret from her past.

The sheets . . . had to be hung perfectly. She'd go to that window, year in and year out and yell at me: 'Six pins, now, Dolores! You…

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Why read it?

2 authors picked Dolores Claiborne as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Khristin Wierman

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The way Stephen King is able to weave a one-person narrative into an un-put-downable tale is utterly brilliant, but the subject matter of this book is what I find to be the most profound.

Because King was looking at domestic abuse from the perspective of the abused and pulling in details that were previously left out of those narratives—and he was doing this long before those ideas had entered mainstream discourse.

This story shows how a hard-working woman loses option after option until there is only a single, unthinkable one left. And of the unfairness she faces in the aftermath. …

From Khristin's list on novels that speak difficult truths and still leave you feeling optimistic.

Nat Luurtsema

Author

Now look, Stephen hardly needs the bump in sales but I do love this book.

I read it in one sitting one night as a kid and was engrossed. I read it for too young for the adult themes, but I feel like that is an official stage of most peoples’ adolescence and should be in textbooks.

From Nat's list on reads in bed when it’s raining outside.