Bloody Mary
Subtitle: a novel
By: Sharon Solwitz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Girls -- Fiction.; City and town life -- Fiction.; Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.; Jewish families -- Fiction.; Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Tells the story of socially adept, thirteen-year-old Hadley and her protective mother, Claire. Claire develops epilepsy and with it a traumatic disorientation which leads her to begin an affair. Hadley feels abandoned and runs away, falling under the influence of a predatory man who gives shelter to runaways. Both try to regain control of themselves and their lives.