Mildred Pierce (Audiobook)

from ken1952

This is one of Cain's big three along with The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. I really enjoyed it: who wouldn't especially those scratch-your-eyes-out scenes between Mildred and her cold calculating daughter Veda. And Mildred's rise from waitress to restaurateur during Prohibiti...

from BrendanPMyers

I remember early on while reading this book, talking to my sister and raving about it, telling her about the strong female lead character, who after her milquetoast husband leaves her, sets about starting a new life for herself and her daughters using only her hands and her chutzpah.Then, after f...

from mthelibrarian

It's coming out as an HBO miniseries this month, so I thought I would try it. It turned out to be set in Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Laguna, California, so the settings alone were fun for me. Written in 1941 and set starting in the depression, it's the stoy of a woman who kicks her husban...

from abbeyhar

Very different than I thought it would be, but still very Cain. Ive read both "the postman always rings twice" and "double indemnity" and this had the same no hold barred exploration into the seediness of human behavior, but without a murder. It was hard to put down as I rooted for Mildred pierce...

from gpangel

“Mildred Pierce” by James M. Cain is a 1941 publication. This month, "Turner Classic Movies' has been airing their “Thirty Days of Oscar” special collection of movies. As I scrolled through all those incredible movies, I was struck by how many of them I had never seen, which included “Mildred P...