Waverly Place [Paperback]

Susan Brownmiller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 1989

A first novel by the author of "Against our Will" and "Femininity". It is a fictional account of wife-battering and child-killing based on the infamous and widely publicized Steinberg/Nussbaum case which swept America during 1989.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The 1987 Greenwich Village child-abuse case involving the death of six-year-old Lisa Steinberg is the basis of Brownmiller's simplistic and sensationalized novel. "Obviously intended to reach a wide commercial audience, the book betrays evidence of hasty writing and thin characterization," remarked PW .
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Based on the sensational Steinberg/Nussbaum case in New York City, this riveting fictional work recounts the events leading to abuse and death of a child by her adoptive parents: an attorney and a former teacher/children's book editor in Greenwich Village. Told in brief chronological episodes skipping from character to character, this work reflects Brownmiller's nonfiction orientation (she is the author of the noted Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape) . But these vignettes of teachers, clients, friends, neighbors, co-workers, relatives, and others interacting with the couple build a chilling montage of people who glimpsed different aspects of monsters and saw, perhaps, only others like themselves. A sad and frightening tale which leaves a bitter aftertaste of questions about ourselves, our society, and our values. Literary Guild main selection.
- Ann Donovan, Central Washington Univ. Lib., Ellensburg
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Signet (December 5, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451163249
• ISBN-13: 978-0451163240
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,943,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, July 26, 2002

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"bibliofiend" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waverly Place (Hardcover)

Powerful, disturbing, gripping. This is a novel about one woman's endurance of long-term (15 years) emotional, psychological, and physical abuse and her decline from a productive, working member of society to an abused, deflated, shell of the woman she once was. The story speaks for itself.

3.0 out of 5 stars The real story is even worse, February 29, 2008

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Lydia "Lyd58" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waverley Place (Paperback)

A fictitious portrayal of The Steinberg/Nussbaum story. The actual story is so much more horrifying. On its own-a fairly good portrayal of extreme abuse and why a woman would stay.