Once In A House On Fire: A Memoir by Andrea Ashworth - 1998-05-15

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Metropolitan Books, 1998-05-15. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 in x 8.2000 in x 5.7000 in.

Metropolitan Books, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Metropolitan Books, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Metropolitan Books. Fine copy. 1998. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 327 pp., Advance Reader's Copy. .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Metropolitan Books, 1998. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+.

New York. 1998. Metropolitan Books. Advance Reader's Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 0805057625. 327 pages. paperback. . keywords: England Autobiography Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Andrea Ashworth, at age 28 one of the youngest fellows at Oxford University, is a young woman of remarkable charm, poise, and intelligence. Her path to her present life, however, has been far from conventional, and in this striking memoir, written with courage and delicacy, she shares a story that makes her achievements all the more astonishing. Although she only vaguely remembers her Maltese father, who died when she was five, Andrea quickly becomes aware that the dark skin she inherited from him sets her apart from her English mother and the series of stepfathers who soon enter her life. Through the sharp and penetrating eyes of childhood, Andrea imparts a vivid and unforgettable portrait of a family terrorized by the explosive rage of one stepfather and then another. Sensitive and observant, the young girl watches the… Read More

New York. 1998. May 1998. Metropolitan Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0805057625. 330 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Robert Clifford. keywords: England Autobiography Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Andrea Ashworth, at age 28 one of the youngest fellows at Oxford University, is a young woman of remarkable charm, poise, and intelligence. Her path to her present life, however, has been far from conventional, and in this striking memoir, written with courage and delicacy, she shares a story that makes her achievements all the more astonishing. Although she only vaguely remembers her Maltese father, who died when she was five, Andrea quickly becomes aware that the dark skin she inherited from him sets her apart from her English mother and the series of stepfathers who soon enter her life. Through the sharp and penetrating eyes of childhood, Andrea imparts a vivid and unforgettable portrait of a family terrorized by the explosive rage of one stepfather and then another. Sensitive… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good – Used. Nice condition.

New York: Metropolitan Books, 1998 Hb. VG/VG-. 1st edition; 329pp; light wear extremities; light fading at edges of boards. DJ: wear and chipping extremities; rubbing; denting; sticker back. F. Hardcover.