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When Vera Donovan, one of the wealthiest and most unwelcoming residents of Maine's Little Tol Island, dies suddenly, suspicion immediately falls on her housekeeper and nurse, Dolores Claiborne. This is not the first time Dolores has faced such mistrust. Local gossips accuse her of murdering her husband many years ago. He died mysteriously during a solar eclipse. Isn't that one too many accidental deaths for one person? This is her inspirational, intimate, and harrowing confession of the darkest secrets hidden in her past. No matter what storms life threw at her, she was always ready to protect the one she loved. No matter the cost.