Child of my Heart - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by McDermott, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Seller
-
Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374121230 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket, signed by author Alice McDermott on the title page; The story follows the life of a young girl, Alice, as she grows up in a small town in upstate New York. Alice is surrounded by loving family and friends, but she is also faced with the challenges of growing up and opening up to new experiences. Through her journey, Alice learns to find strength in her relationships and to trust in the goodness of people.; 8vo; 242 pages; Signed by Author .
Reviews
On Aug 31 2015, The Old Library Bookshop said:
It's been a long time since I fell under the spell of Alice McDermott's masterful novel, "Charming Billy," and I had almost forgotten how enchanting a McDermott story can be. Then, recently, I read her short story about Sr. St. Xavier in a current edition of The New Yorker magazine and ran to the bookshop to get my hands on any and all McDermott novels I had missed. Like most of her stories, this book's characters are Irish-American Catholics of the 1950s and '60s. The story's narrator is Theresa, an exceptional teenager (almost unbelievably exceptional, the novel's only flaw as far as I was concerned). Theresa possesses not only exceptional beauty, but also a nature that endears her to everyone she meets. She has a special way with children and animals and spends her summers sitting for the children and pets of the Long Island upper crust. The novel encompasses one brief summer shared with Theresa's younger cousin Daisy. Theresa and Daisy both sense the the fragility of the happiness they share, as they conspire to hide the many bruises popping up on Daisy's tiny body. If there is such a thing as a sweet sadness, then this novel fills the bill to a tee.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23892
- Title
- Child of my Heart - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- McDermott, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, C2014VM0228S
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