Mildred Pierce / James M. Cain.

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Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977

Publication details: London : Phoenix, 2011.Description: 281 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781780220727 (pbk.)

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813.54 2

Summary: CRIME & MYSTERY. "Vivid, gritty, real...this is crime writing at its very best" (MY WEEKLY). Mildred Pierce is the story of a determined and ambitious woman who, after her feckless husband abandons her, by hard work and sacrifice builds a successful business to ensure the future of her pampered and selfish daughter. James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War I, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920s. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item reserves
Book	Melbourne Athenaeum Library	Fiction	CAI	Available		048111

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Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.

CRIME & MYSTERY. "Vivid, gritty, real...this is crime writing at its very best" (MY WEEKLY). Mildred Pierce is the story of a determined and ambitious woman who, after her feckless husband abandons her, by hard work and sacrifice builds a successful business to ensure the future of her pampered and selfish daughter. James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War I, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920s. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.

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