San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: MacAdam /Cage Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good conditiion. Binding tight and clean. Pages unmarked. Appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the book, ""...a luminous story of murder and desire, solitude and grace, set in Manhattan and small-town Texas.""

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Sleep Toward Heaven is a luminous story of murder and desire, solitude and grace, set in Manhattan and small-town Texas. In Gatestown, twenty-nine-year old Karen awaits her execution on Death Row. In New York, Franny, a doctor the same age, plans her wedding and tries to resist her urge to run. In Austin, Celia, a brassy young librarian, mourns her lost husband. Over the course of one summer, the three women's disparate lives intertwine. Karen, Franny, and Celia all struggle to find their place in a world where nothing is sure, as they move toward one night that will change them all forever. With razor-sharp prose and humor that ignites the page, Amanda Eyre Ward's debut novel will keep you reading all night and give you something to talk about in the morning. Sleep Toward Heaven is a novel to celebrate and to savor. About the author: Amanda Eyre Ward was born in New York City, and graduated from Williams College and the University of Montana. Her short stories have been published in various literary reviews and magazines. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, the geologist Tip Meckel. She is a regular contributor to the Austin Chronicle. This is her first novel.

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Bookseller: Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M000403
Title: Sleep Toward Heaven
Author: Ward, Amanda Eyre
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1931561230
ISBN 13: 9781931561235
Publisher: MacAdam /Cage Publishing
Place of Publication: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
Keywords: Amanda Eyre Ward, Executions and executioners - Fiction, Murder victims' families - Fiction, Death row inmates - Fiction, Women librarians - Fiction, Women physicians - Fiction, Women murderers - Fiction, Widows - Fiction, Texas - Fiction
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