![]() Cain's most substantial novel and a classic of the Depression years. Read more betrayals of those closest to her. ![]() But she isn't prepared for the intrigues and devastating. To read MILDRED PIERCE now is to experience a double vision, in which we confront both how much and how little things have changed' LA TIMES '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. 'Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist, period. 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe Num Pages: 288 pages. The Margos put on some extra shoulder pads and finish out their Joan Crawford movie streak with the 1945 classic film noir Mildred Pierce which is based on 1941 novel by JM Cain. ![]() ![]() Description for Mildred Pierce Paperback. Movie Podcast Mildred Pierce The HM Cain Hard-Boiled Classic Novel to Slightly Gritty 1945 Classic Film. ![]()
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