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- 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.
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Mildred Pierce is a psychological drama by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1941. [1] A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, Mildred Pierce follows the trajectory of a lower-middle class divorcee with two children in her tragic struggle to achieve financial and personal success. [2]
Mildred Pierce, a devoted and hardworking mother, finds herself abandoned by her husband, Bert, who leaves her for another woman. Determined to provide for her two daughters, Veda and Ray, Mildred takes on various jobs, eventually finding success as a restaurateur.
Mildred Pierce. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
However, Mildred’s primary trait is her passionate and possibly unhealthy attachment to her daughter Veda—so strong is this connection that when Mildred’s other daughter Ray dies, Mildred’s grief is tempered by her relief that Ray, not Veda, passed away.
Feb 20, 2017 · Mildred Pierce was Crawford’s great comeback after a string of flops and a humiliating departure from MGM in 1943, and it led to a late-career peak at Warner Bros.
At a beach house one night, we see a man, Monte Beragon, getting shot, and his last dying words are, “Mildred.” We then see Mildred Pierce Beragon contemplating suicide, but she is talked out of it by a cop nearby. She goes into a nearby nightclub, run by her old business associate, Wally.
Mildred Pierce is the tale of a woman living during the Great Depression who is trying to provide for her two daughters after getting divorced from her cheating husband. The problems don't end there, as there is money to be earned and some proper family issues to deal with.
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