num_pages: 288
description: Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness and determination. She used those attributes to survive a divorce in 1940s America with two children and to claw her way out of poverty, becoming a successful businesswoman. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to her monstrous daughter.Out of these elements, Cain created a novel (later made into a film noir classic) of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence—and a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable.
language: English
title: Mildred Pierce
titlecomplete: Mildred Pierce
characters: Veda, Mildred, Bert, Monty
genres: Classics, Historical, Noir, Mystery, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 9708
places: California
publisher: Orion UK