tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736025081547069219.post8393768434611032321..comments2023-06-23T09:33:38.400-05:00Comments on Carmen's Book Adventure: Mildred Pierce by James M. CainCarmen, Queen of Stone's Throwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05258667861423042340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736025081547069219.post-47747719911781649242017-11-15T14:07:13.908-06:002017-11-15T14:07:13.908-06:00Thank you for your comment. I am blown away by you...Thank you for your comment. I am blown away by your personal experience with a person like Veda. I like to think of her as a caricature of several bad people rolled into one for the purpose of storytelling, but your reminder is all too real: such people do exist. Writing like Cain's made for excellent films during the noir heyday in Hollywood. I recommend you read his others, as well. Carmen, Queen of Stone's Throwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258667861423042340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736025081547069219.post-21953342232383236822017-11-13T17:41:56.784-06:002017-11-13T17:41:56.784-06:00A bit late but I’ve just watched the HBO 2011 seri...A bit late but I’ve just watched the HBO 2011 series on Mildred Pierce. I read the book years ago and found it deeply disturbing. Particularly the mother daughter conflicts. I can only think Cain knew of such a relationship in order to depict it so well. I have also seen such a relationship first hand and it had much resonance and so true as well. Such was the awful power of the daughter, that the mother was almost transfixed by it, like a rabbit in the headlights and her only way, as a “caring mother”to try to deal with it was to give more gifts and money etc. This is a daughter/ person who is basically a sociopath and can never get to experience a close loving relationship with anyone. That’s just her character - and she has the talent, beauty and conniving to get what she wants in life. naturelover44https://www.blogger.com/profile/02747533788749919542noreply@blogger.com