DOLORES CLAIBORNE

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Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera’s physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.

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WHY WAS THIS BOOK BANNED IN SOME SCHOOLS & STATES?

This novel has faced multiple book bans in U.S. schools due to parental challenges regarding sexual abuse, incest, violence, physical abuse, and addiction. Approximately 57 books written by King have been banned across four Florida school districts, excluding any titles that are pending review.

ABOUT STEPHEN KING

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1971, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world’s most successful writers. King is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to the American Letters and the 2014 National Medal of Arts.

Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.

ABOUT THE READERS

DAWN BACH is a proud ensemble member of American Blues Theater since 1993. Dawn has appeared in numerous American Blues productions over the years, including Catch-22, A Stone Carver, On the Waterfront, A Lie of the Mind and Dark at the Top of the Stairs. She served as musical director/composer for Medea and wrote original music for Toys in the Attic, for which she received the After Dark Award for outstanding original music. She has hosted and narrated numerous industrial films and has appeared on the stages of Lifeline, Shakespeare Project of Chicago, Bailiwick, Next, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Northlight (Cowgirls & Smoke on the Mountain) and Goodman Theatre (A Christmas Carol). A long-time student of the late Mary Ann Thebus, Dawn is also a trained singer and violinist.

SUZANNE PETRI is a proud ensemble member of American Blues Theater, where she is an Audio Describer and Touch Tour Guide. (Ask her all about it!) She is a Jeff Award nominated actor, founding member of Perennial Theatre Chicago and Chicago Cabaret Professionals, a Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center Cabaret Fellow, an After Dark Award winning Cabaret Artist, performing “Torch Sass and Swing!” with her husband Robert Breuler, at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre. She has worked with many Chicago organizations including SAG-AFTRA Radio Players and Singers, Chicago Writers Bloc, Ubiquitous Players and Blind Service Chicago, reading to patrons and leading Pathways Summer Camp. She has performed, produced and directed on many Chicago stages including Goodman, Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists and Chicago Shakespeare, and of course American Blues Theater. Visit SuzannePetri.com