Rose Madder
Stephen King.
- New York : Viking, 1995.
- 420 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Rose Madder Book 1 .
After suffering a miscarriage brought on by a beating, an abused wife leaves her husband, using his ATM card to buy a bus ticket out of town. The novel describes her struggle to begin a new life, then her husband, a sadistic police officer, comes looking for her. After fourteen years of beatings and abuse, Rose runs away from her husband. Unfortunately, he is a detective, and he has ways of finding her.