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  • BREATHING WATER. by Greenwood, T.
    Greenwood, T.
    BREATHING WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Vermont born author's first novel, one which begins and ends in the state of Vermont.
    In the summer of 1991, in a suffocating relationship with her volatile and abusive boyfriend, Effie has finally determined to leave him - but when his violence causes the death of a young child, she flees. Now, three years later, after his death from a heroin overdose, she has returned to the small town and the lake hoping to finally find Numbed by her unintentional role in the death of a young black girl, Effie leaves New England and drifts from city to city, until she learns her boyfriend has died, and…

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    New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Vermont born author's first novel, one which begins and ends in the state of Vermont.
    In the summer of 1991, in a suffocating relationship with her volatile and abusive boyfriend, Effie has finally determined to leave him - but when his violence causes the death of a young child, she flees. Now, three years later, after his death from a heroin overdose, she has returned to the small town and the lake hoping to finally find Numbed by her unintentional role in the death of a young black girl, Effie leaves New England and drifts from city to city, until she learns her boyfriend has died, and then she returns home to face her demons, and just maybe find absolution. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the 1999 Sherwood Anderson award for best first novel. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-312202830.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82744
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