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50
by Corman, Avery
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0804103003
- ISBN 13
- 9780804103008
- Seller
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Ivy Books, 1988-10-31. Mass Market Paperback. Like New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes ABOUT THE BOOK Fifty FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly Deft, witty and profoundly serious, this new novel by the author of Kramer Vs. Kramer is a confrontation by an ordinary man, Doug Gardner, a sportswriter, of his own principles and the demands of the marketplace. His problem is the common one of divorce, shared custody of two children and a mountain of bills, exacerbated by his fear that neither the love he gives his children nor the money he provides can compensate for the half-life of a divided household. Yet when the owner of his magazine tries to bribe him with a raise if he'll write articles he doesn't believe in, he quits; when he finds another job and comes enticingly close to big bucks, he takes a long look at the compromise involved and opts out. This in spite of the fact that his former wife has married a fabrics millionaire who, as Doug writhes in jealousy, houses the kids in castles and flies them to Europe for the weekend. Sometimes Doug Gardner is a bit too good to be true, but he's a pleasure to have around, and it's a jaded reader indeed who won't be rooting for him all the way. Literary Guild alternate. (August 14) Library Journal Doug Gardnera New York City sports columnist, divorced, with joint custody of his two childrenis fast approaching 50. In the course of this novel, which takes him to that milestone, Doug is confronted not only with a body that is beginning to fall apart but with emotional upheavals common to many menhis ex-wife becomes more successful than he and marries a younger, wealthy man; his adolescent daughter is pulled toward her stepfather's lifestyle; he loses his job and makes some compromises in his career; his father dies; and just when his son is getting ready for college, the woman he loves wants to get married and have a baby. Doug is typical Corman ( Kramer vs . Kramer )low-key, funny, gentle, liberatedand even if his grapplings with aging and life resolve themselves too neatly, his seriocomic story is very appealing. Francine Fialkoff, ``Library Journal
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robinson Street Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BN1208
- Title
- 50
- Author
- Corman, Avery
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0804103003
- ISBN 13
- 9780804103008
- Publisher
- Ivy Books
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1988-10-31
- X weight
- 5 oz
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Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Binghamton, New York
About Robinson Street Books, IOBA
We have been selling books for over 30 years via catalog and lists, as well as open shops. We closed our last open shop in 2003 and now operate out of our warehouse, which contains 500,000 books, journals, periodicals from the 16th Century to the present. We sell on-line as well as via lists and catalogs. We buy collections, accumulations, excess unneeded donations/duplicates, from Museums and Libraries for cash or credit. We have one of the largest collections of offprints in zoology, Botany, Molecular biology available for sale in the world
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