| Whispers Contributor(s): Plain, Belva (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440216745 ISBN-13: 9780440216742 Publisher: Dell OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: March 1994 Annotation: Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and good works. But the Fergusons' closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn must keep from the world -- and her children -- at any cost. Not even the Fergusons' best friends, Josie and Bruce Lehman, know of Lynn's shame. Social worker Josie sees her bruises and suspects the real cause of the children's increasingly disturbed behavior. But not even Josie can pierce Lynn's wall of silence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn is forced to face herself -- and the truth -- at last. Belva Plain's searing novel of a family's heartbreak, a woman's courage -- and of a subject too often talked about only in whispers. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 4.18" W x 6.73" (0.49 lbs) 480 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couplewith two beautiful daughters and a lovely home inan exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is onthe fast track of a major corporation. Lynn isdevoted to her family and good works. But in theFerguson's closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn mustkeep from the world-and her children-at anycost... Not even the Fergusons's best friends, Josie andBruce Lehman, know of Lynn's shame. Social workerJosie sees her bruises distrusts thetoo-ambitious, too perfect Robert, and suspects the real causeof the children's increasingly disturbed behavior.But not even Josie can pierce Lynn's wall ofsilence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn isforced to face herself-and the truth-at last. BelvaPlain's searing novel of a family's heartbreak, awoman's courage, and a subject too often talkedabout only in whispers." |