Dolores Claiborne (1995) Dolores Claiborne tells the story of Dolores, a resilient housekeeper in a small Maine town, who is suspected of murdering her wealthy employer, Vera Donovan. The story unfolds through Dolores’s own flashbacks as she recounts her life, revealing a history of enduring abuse from her husband, Joe, and her struggle to protect her daughter, Selena. A key subplot involves Dolores discovering that her husband has siphoned her savings at the bank, which she confronts, showing h