Edité par Jonathan Cape Ltd 24/10/1985, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0224029983 ISBN 13 : 9780224029988
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Edité par Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0224029983 ISBN 13 : 9780224029988
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Hardcover. Etat : Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Edité par Jonathan Cape Ltd 24/10/1985, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0224029983 ISBN 13 : 9780224029988
Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Edité par Jonathan Cape, London, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0224029983 ISBN 13 : 9780224029988
Vendeur : Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
1st ed. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
Edité par Jonathan Cape, London, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0224029983 ISBN 13 : 9780224029988
Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First English edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. The author's third novel.
Edité par Jonathan Cape, London, UK, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0224029983 ISBN 13 : 9780224029988
Vendeur : Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition UK; First Printing. First Edition (1985) , so stated. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book shows a hint of smudging to the fore-edge; a tiny spot of crimping to the head of the backstrip; the mildest shelving wear to the bottom edges of the boards; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ shows the faintest wrinkle at the head of the backstrip; else flawless; the price is intact; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.7 x 1 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 17 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Mary Gordon, born in 1949 in New York to a Catholic mother and a father who converted to Catholicism from Judaism, was raised in a strict, religious environment and at one time considered becoming a nun. She attended Barnard College and in 1978 published her first novel Final Payments. She followed that with The Company of Women (1981) . Both books exploring the challenges faced by young Catholic women as they make their way in the larger, secular world. In 2008, she was named Official State Author of New York. She has received the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writers Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is also a three-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for best short story. The Company of Women was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1983. In Men and Angels, Anne Foster's husband accepts a yearlong teaching job in France. She decides to resume her own career in art history, which includes cataloging the work of a compelling and long-neglected painter, Caroline Watson. To care for her children, Anne employs the pious Laura Post. Though the young woman is well liked by the children, she rubs Anne the wrong way. Should Anne be more compassionate, or should she behave more like the willful artistand unapologetically bad mothershe's so fascinated by in Watson? As the discord mounts between Anne and Laura, the need for answers sharpens. Men and Angels is a riveting and refreshingly unsentimental inquiry into the themes of motherhood and self-sacrifice. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages.