num_pages: 298
description: In Mildred Pierce , noir master James M. Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devasting emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable.Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter.
language: English
title: Mildred Pierce
titlecomplete: Mildred Pierce
characters: Monty, Bert, Veda, Mildred
genres: Mystery, Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Crime, Historical, Noir, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 9711
places: California
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard