"For thirty years, folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day Dolores Claiborne's husband died -- the day of the total eclipse. Now the police want to know what happened yesterday when her rich, bedridden employer died suddenly in her care. With no choice but to talk, Dolores gives her compelling confession of the silent rage that can turn a woman's heart to hate."--CONTAINER.