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Keeping Safe the Stars
by O'Connor, Sheila
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399254595
- ISBN 13
- 9780399254598
- Seller
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Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 2012. Clean and tight and square. Appears unread. Bright orange boards with dark blue lettering on the spine. Inscribed and signed by the author on the titile page. Matching book mark included. The dust jacket is in new mylar.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction.
Synopsis
When crisis hits, a young girl becomes the only one left to take care of her family Pride, Nightingale and Baby are the Stars. Orphaned and living with their grandfather, Old Finn, in rural Minnesota, the children, like their grandfather, are wary of outsiders. They believe, as Old Finn taught them, in self-reliance. But then Old Finn falls seriously ill and is taken to the hospital all the way in Duluth, leaving the children to fend for themselves. Pride, as oldest, assumes the lead. Though she makes mistakes, she keeps them afloat; they even earn money for the bus trip to Duluth. But when they finally see Old Finn, he can't walk or even say his own name, and Pride knows her days of keeping safe the Stars are drawing to a close. Self-reliance can't make Old Finn well again. But maybe, just maybe, a secret from Old Finn's past might make a way for them to stay together after all. A poignant story about family and love, Sheila O'Connor has delivered another extraordinary and mesmerizing tale.
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- Bookseller
- funyettabooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038096
- Title
- Keeping Safe the Stars
- Author
- O'Connor, Sheila
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399254595
- ISBN 13
- 9780399254598
- Publisher
- G.P.Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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