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Back Roads
by O'Dell, Tawni
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670887609
- ISBN 13
- 9780670887606
- Seller
-
Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
NZ$13.26NZ$11.93
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About This Item
NY: Viking Press, 2000. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 338 pgs. Cream boards w/black stock spine. Silver letters on spine. Book design by Mia Risberg. DJ design by Susan Mitchell. Author photo Marion Ettlinger. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Fox spots to edges. Some wear to bottom edge of DJ. Secure ship w/track #. "One day you're that guy who's happy he managed to survive high school and get that almighty piece of paper, and you're thinking you might try to get a job at Redi-Mix concrete where your dad's worked since the beginning of time. And at least you've got a family you can stand even if they are all sisters.
One day you're that guy, and the next day you're assigned to a social worker and a therapist and given the choice of either being a LEGAL ADULT with three DEPENDENTS or an ORPHAN with NOBODY." --From Back Roads Harley Altmyer should be in college drinking Rolling Rock and chasing girls. He should be freed from his closed-minded, stricken coal town, with its lack of jobs and no sense of humor. Instead, he's constantly reminded of just how messed up his life is.
Source: Publisher.
One day you're that guy, and the next day you're assigned to a social worker and a therapist and given the choice of either being a LEGAL ADULT with three DEPENDENTS or an ORPHAN with NOBODY." --From Back Roads Harley Altmyer should be in college drinking Rolling Rock and chasing girls. He should be freed from his closed-minded, stricken coal town, with its lack of jobs and no sense of humor. Instead, he's constantly reminded of just how messed up his life is.
Source: Publisher.
Synopsis
Back Roads is the 2000 novel by the American writer Tawni O'Dell, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in March 2000.
Reviews
On Nov 12 2004, Natluvsbooks said:
I read this in one sitting. It's a captivating and unusual story of a family's life in Kentucky. An amazing first novel for Tawni O'Dell (and a personal favorite of Nat's).
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Details
- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15455
- Title
- Back Roads
- Author
- O'Dell, Tawni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670887609
- ISBN 13
- 9780670887606
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2000
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blacks Bookshop
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Argillite, Kentucky
About Blacks Bookshop
A little country book shop nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains along the banks of the East Fork of Little Sandy River.
Glossary
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- Edges
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- Spine
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