Burning Marguerite
by Inness-Brown, Elizabeth
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. Marked 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. Marked 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. New York: Knopf, 2002. 237 pages; orange boards with red cloth spiine. Book and DJ are in fine condition. Ex-library, with a few library marks. Dust Jacket is covered with a clear mylar protector. From DJ flap..."Waking to the chill of a snow-cloaked morning, carpenter James Jack Wright finds ninety-four-year-old Marguerite Deo lying dead in the woods outside his cabin. As he confronts the mystery of her death, why would Marguerite, his Tante since his infancy, walk out into the cold winter night? An unexpected tale unfolds, moving from the present back to James Jack s childhood, to New Orleans during the Depression and World War II, and finally to a windswept New England island at the turn of the century. At the heart of the story are a forbidden love, a violent crime kept secret for years, and above all, Marguerite s relationship with a little boy named James Jack, a bond that deepens after a terrible accident changes both their lives forever.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Knopf 0375411968 US AB08
Synopsis
Elizabeth Inness-Brown is the author of two acclaimed collections of short stories, Satin Palms and Here . Raised in the North Country of New York State, she now teaches writing at Saint Michael’s College and lives with her husband and young son on South Hero, an island in Lake Champlain, Vermont.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0000168
- Title
- Burning Marguerite
- Author
- Inness-Brown, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Marked 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 2002
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- New Orleans (La. ); Crime; FICTION; General; Louisiana; Mystery & Detective; Mystery fiction; New England; New Orleans (La.)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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