TY - BOOK N2 - A nurse escapes her abusive husband, a New York policeman, taking their son with her to Florida. She assumes a new identity and even finds romance, but there is a price, the 10-year-old boy misses his father and she lives in constant fear the father will find them, which he does. The novel analyzes why abused women wait so long to make their break. AB - A nurse escapes her abusive husband, a New York policeman, taking their son with her to Florida. She assumes a new identity and even finds romance, but there is a price, the 10-year-old boy misses his father and she lives in constant fear the father will find them, which he does. The novel analyzes why abused women wait so long to make their break. T1 - Black and blue :a novel / DA - c1998. CY - New York : AU - Quindlen, Anna. ET - 1st ed. CN - PS3567.U336 CN - PS3567.U336 PB - Random House, PP - New York : PY - c1998. ID - 197991 KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Abused wives KW - Mothers and sons SN - 0375500510 SN - 0679435395 (acid-free) TI - Black and blue :a novel / ER -