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The Fireman's Fair Softcover - 1992

by HUMPHREYS, Josephine

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(New York): Penguin Books, 1992. Softcover. Fine. First paperback edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco by the author.
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  • Title The Fireman's Fair
  • Author HUMPHREYS, Josephine
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, (New York)
  • Date 1992
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 419133
  • ISBN 9780140168389 / 0140168389
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.74 x 5.14 x 0.51 in (19.66 x 13.06 x 1.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90050575
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

In the aftermath of the storm of the century, Rob Wyatt, a thirty-two-year-old Charleston bachelor, finds himself assessing his life as well as his property damage. Life changes culminate at the annual Volunteer Fire Department Fair, as Rob's past and future collide in what could either be catastrophe or salvation.

From the publisher

Josephine Humphreys is the author of Dreams of Sleep, which won the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction; of Rich in Love, made into a major motion picture; and of The Fireman's Fair (all available from Penguin).

First line

Black people are too smart not to shout, especially when happiness comes in for a short visit before it has to go on down the road.

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About the author

Josephine Humphreys is the author of Dreams of Sleep, which won the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction; of Rich in Love, made into a major motion picture; and of The Fireman's Fair (all available from Penguin).

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