Book by McCauley Sue
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Vendeur : The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, Nouvelle-Zélande
Hardcover. Etat : Good - Some Wear. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Reprint. Copies: 2. N° de réf. du vendeur 031380
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Vendeur : Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nouvelle-Zélande
Hardcover. Etat : Good. 352 pages. Dj faded, spine cocked, page edge foxed, text in good conditionFrom Publishers WeeklyIn this ingratiating successor to Other Halves , three families, alike only in vivacity and need, crowd onto a ferry bound for the island of Motuwairua, off the coast of Auckland. The reader's heart is insta ntly captured by Maureen, whose passionate regard for her children exacerbates h er doubts about herself, and by Josiefair, fat and 46and Geoff, unencumbered b y Josie's offspring for the first time in their seven years together. Keith, a l apsed journalist haunted by dreams of madness and death, stands in woeful contra st to the others, with whomquickened now by prospects of renewal on this island of the spirithis fate will become entwined. Before their paths cross, Maureen, estranged from her shiftless husband, shores up the sagging cottage the dole al lows her, Josie and Geoff acquire a couple of lambs and four Shetland ponies, an d Keith settles in with a lesbian feminist squatting in the house lent him by a colleague. But underlying and enriching these physical details are the exuberanc e, the eager, argumentative talk, the warm roundness of people who involve the r eader in their mundane tasks, while lucidly discussing issues of parenting, lesb ian politics and nuclear disaster. By no means a polemic, this sustained narrati ve is alternately tragic and uproariously funny, and always engrossing.Copyr ight 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. N° de réf. du vendeur 6716ac
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Vendeur : Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nouvelle-Zélande
Hardcover. Etat : Good. 362 pages. dj worn & chipped. Shelf wear. name ffep. some foxingOriginally published: Auckland : Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. N° de réf. du vendeur 759j
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Vendeur : Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Nouvelle-Zélande
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 352 pages. From Publishers WeeklyIn this ingratiating successor to Other Halves , three families, alike only in vivacity and need, crowd onto a ferry bound for the island of Motuwairua, off the coast of Auckland. The reader's heart is insta ntly captured by Maureen, whose passionate regard for her children exacerbates h er doubts about herself, and by Josiefair, fat and 46and Geoff, unencumbered b y Josie's offspring for the first time in their seven years together. Keith, a l apsed journalist haunted by dreams of madness and death, stands in woeful contra st to the others, with whomquickened now by prospects of renewal on this island of the spirithis fate will become entwined. Before their paths cross, Maureen, estranged from her shiftless husband, shores up the sagging cottage the dole al lows her, Josie and Geoff acquire a couple of lambs and four Shetland ponies, an d Keith settles in with a lesbian feminist squatting in the house lent him by a colleague. But underlying and enriching these physical details are the exuberanc e, the eager, argumentative talk, the warm roundness of people who involve the r eader in their mundane tasks, while lucidly discussing issues of parenting, lesb ian politics and nuclear disaster. By no means a polemic, this sustained narrati ve is alternately tragic and uproariously funny, and always engrossing.Copyr ight 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. N° de réf. du vendeur 1580h
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Vendeur : Stephen White Books, Bradford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Ex library book, usual markings. Clean copy. Hardback with dust cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000053617
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