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  • A SUGGESTION OF DEATH. by Wesson, Marianne.
    Wesson, Marianne.
    A SUGGESTION OF DEATH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pocket Books, (2000). First edition - Second legal thriller featuring Cinda Hayes, set in Boulder, Colorado, where the author is a law professor and a former federal prosecutor. Bibliography. 341 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers (a preliminary cover, very different from the final trade edition).

    Book ID: 71885
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  • West, Jessamyn.
    THE LIFE I REALLY LIVED.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First edition -

    Condition: Very good+ in glossy illustrated wrappers (faint crease on rear cover.)

    Book ID: 7536
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  • AMERICAN PIE. by West, Michael Lee.
    West, Michael Lee.
    AMERICAN PIE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (1996.). First edition - Southern author's third novel, the story of three sharply contrasted sisters, separated by personality, geography and circumstances, but drawn together again by a freak accident. 377 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (different cover art than the final version.)

    Book ID: 54752
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  • SHARKMAN SIX. by West, Owen.
    West, Owen.
    SHARKMAN SIX.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First edition - The author's first novel, set in Somalia - "When Lieutenant Gavin Kelly's recon platoon swims ashore a Mogadishu beach under the glare of news camera lights, it is an appropriately surreal beginning to Operation Restore hope. . . Minutes after the Marines' celebrated landing, one of Kelly's men kills an armed Somali bodyguard. The circumstances of the killing are unclear and Kelly finds himself in the center of a malestrom. he must act quickly to deflect a vociferous outcry from members of the international press corps, censure by his Marine superiors, and the possibility of losing the loyalty of his men--particularly two enlisted leaders in the platoon who have vouched…

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    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First edition - The author's first novel, set in Somalia - "When Lieutenant Gavin Kelly's recon platoon swims ashore a Mogadishu beach under the glare of news camera lights, it is an appropriately surreal beginning to Operation Restore hope. . . Minutes after the Marines' celebrated landing, one of Kelly's men kills an armed Somali bodyguard. The circumstances of the killing are unclear and Kelly finds himself in the center of a malestrom. he must act quickly to deflect a vociferous outcry from members of the international press corps, censure by his Marine superiors, and the possibility of losing the loyalty of his men--particularly two enlisted leaders in the platoon who have vouched for the necessity of the kill." West was a lieutenant in the Marines and commanded a special ops unit, so he can write with accuracy and knowledge of the challenges imposed by modern warfare. Winner of the Boyd literary award for best military novel. 312 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63182
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  • BABY, WOULD I LIE? A Romance of the Ozarks. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    BABY, WOULD I LIE? A Romance of the Ozarks.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1994). First edition - A crime thriller - or maybe this is more accurately described as a humorous caper novel - set in Branson, Missouri, the new home of country music. 291 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated covers.

    Book ID: 45916
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  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins."274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 59246
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  • Wharton, Edith
    THE BUCCANEERS

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, 1993. First edition - Wharton's last novel, uncompleted at the time of her death in 1937, completed for this edition by Marion Mainwaring (it was originally published in its uncompleted form in 1938, and even then received praise as one of her most sophisticated novels.) Set in the 1870's, this is the story of five wealthy American girls, denied entry into New York society because their parents' money is too new, who travel to England and marry lords, earls and dukes who find their beauty charming, and their money useful.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 27847
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  • THE WOWZER. by Wheeler, Frank Jr.
    Wheeler, Frank Jr.
    THE WOWZER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Seattle: Thomas & Mercer (2012.). First edition - The author's first novel, issued as a trade paperback original by Amazon publishing. "In the Arkansas Ozarks, old-timers spin tales of the Wowzer, a giant panther-like creature that decapitates those who wander too far into the woods. County sheriffs deputy Jerry was raised on Wowzer stories, but they arent enough to stop him from carrying out his own business in the remote hills. Jerrys more than a sheriffs deputy; he moonlights as muscle for local drug traffickers, who sometimes need people to get hurtor get dead. Fortunately, Jerrys pretty good at his job. And since Tom Haskell runs the sheriffs office and the drug-protection racket, Jerry doesnt see much of a…

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    Seattle: Thomas & Mercer (2012.). First edition - The author's first novel, issued as a trade paperback original by Amazon publishing. "In the Arkansas Ozarks, old-timers spin tales of the Wowzer, a giant panther-like creature that decapitates those who wander too far into the woods. County sheriffs deputy Jerry was raised on Wowzer stories, but they arent enough to stop him from carrying out his own business in the remote hills. Jerrys more than a sheriffs deputy; he moonlights as muscle for local drug traffickers, who sometimes need people to get hurtor get dead. Fortunately, Jerrys pretty good at his job. And since Tom Haskell runs the sheriffs office and the drug-protection racket, Jerry doesnt see much of a moral dilemma. That is, until he starts thinking about getting out of the trade, and then things get complicated fast." 290 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy black and white wrappers.

    Book ID: 53737
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  • THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET. by White, Karen.
    White, Karen.
    THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: New American Library - NAL, (2009). First edition - Psychic suspense novel set in Charleston, South Carolina. Issued as a trade paperback original. 335 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58538
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  • BLACK WIDOW. by White, Randy Wayne.
    White, Randy Wayne.
    BLACK WIDOW.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2008.). First edition - Mystery set in Florida, feauturing marine biologist (and former deepcover operative) Doc Ford. 342 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60882
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  • TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS. by White, Randy Wayne.
    White, Randy Wayne.
    TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2000.). First edition - The 7th mystery featuring marine biologist Doc Ford - set in the labyrinth of mangrove trees, sawgrass and swamp on the Gulf coast of Florida called the Ten Thousand Islands. 320 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 39325
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  • TAMPA BURN. by White, Randy Wayne.
    White, Randy Wayne.
    TAMPA BURN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2004.). Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Florida, feauturing marine biologist (and former deepcover operative) Doc Ford. 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 50939
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  • DEEP BLUE. by White, Randy Wayne.
    White, Randy Wayne.
    DEEP BLUE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2016.). First edition - Thriller set in Florida and Mexico, feauturing marine biologist (and deepcover operative) Doc Ford. 316 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 69431
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  • SIBERIAN LIGHT. by White, Robin.
    White, Robin.
    SIBERIAN LIGHT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte, (1997). First edition - A thriller featuring Gregori Nowek and involving a savage triple murder in a small river town in Siberia which takes the reader from the intricate workings of a Siberian oil field to the bitter resolve of a gulag survivor, and a wild, violent chase across the frozen taiga. As a former oil roughneck and oil-logging engineer who has lived in Siberia, White knows the terrain he is writing about. 441 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped).

    Book ID: 81448
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  • MANNER OF DEATH. by White, Stephen.
    White, Stephen.
    MANNER OF DEATH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (1999). First edition - The seventh Alan Gregory thriller. 354 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to upper corner of back cover.)

    Book ID: 74446
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  • DISTANT BUGLES, DISTANT DRUMS: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico. by Whitlock, Flint.
    Whitlock, Flint.
    DISTANT BUGLES, DISTANT DRUMS: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, (2006). First edition - A look at an almost unknown episode in the Civil War from the Union perspective. Based on diaries, letters and contemporary newspaper accounts, this account describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado, their epic march to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate (mostly Texan) soldiers. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography. xix, 278 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80128
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  • WHEN YOU WERE HERE. by Whitney, Daisy.
    Whitney, Daisy.
    WHEN YOU WERE HERE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). First edition - A young adult novel which "explores the two most powerful forces known to man - death and love. . . Danny's mother lost her battle with cancer three weeks before his graduation - the one day that she was hanging on to see. Now Danny is left alone. . When he gets a letter from his mom's property manager in Tokyo, where she had been going for treatment, it shows a side of a side of his mother he never knew. So, with no other sense of direction, Danny travels to Tokyo to connect with his mother's memory and make sense of her final months."

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 88008
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  • NECESSARY ENDS: A Tai Randolph Mystery. by Whittle, Tina.
    Whittle, Tina.
    NECESSARY ENDS: A Tai Randolph Mystery.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Scottsdale, AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2018) dj. SIGNED first edition - The sixth book in the Tai Randolph mystery series set in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 308 pp. ISBN: 9781590585467.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72155
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  • DEEP BLUE HOME: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean. by Whitty, Julia.
    Whitty, Julia.
    DEEP BLUE HOME: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2010. First edition - An account of the ocean river and of the creatures dependent on this - a combination of cutting edge science by this documentary film-maker and diver and accounts of her encounters with oceanside and underwater creatures ranging from the Gulf of California in 1980 to Newfoundland, the Galapagos and more. Notes. 245 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 57617
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  • DONOVAN'S WIFE. by Wicker, Tom.
    Wicker, Tom.
    DONOVAN'S WIFE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1992). First edition - Novel by this long time political columnist: "A tale of backstabbing, attack television, dirty pool and sexual double dealings" in a race for the Senate. 335 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 69169
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  • THIS COMMON SECRET: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor. by Wicklund, Susan with Alan Kesselheim.
    Wicklund, Susan with Alan Kesselheim.
    THIS COMMON SECRET: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Public Affairs, (2007). First edition - A chronicle of her more than 20 years as an activist devoted to women's reproductive health. An honest and compassionate portrait of the clinics that opponents denigrate as slaughterhouses. 268 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59643
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  • FEVER: Twelve Stories by Wideman, John Edgar
    Wideman, John Edgar
    FEVER: Twelve Stories

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Henry Holt, (1989.). First edition - First collection of short stories by this African American writer. 161 pp. plus notes and preceded by 3 pp of description and reviews of Wideman's books.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.

    Book ID: 41802
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  • JUST BREATHE. by Wiggs, Susan.
    Wiggs, Susan.
    JUST BREATHE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, (2008). SIGNED first edition - "Sarah Moon tackles life's issues with a sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. With both Sarah and her cartoon heroine undergoing fertility treatments, her fiction often reflects her reality. However, she hadn't scripted her husband's infidelity.
    In the wake of her shattered marriage, Sarah flees to the coastal town in Northern California where she grew up. There, she revisits her troubling past: an emotionally distant father, the loss of her mother and an unexpected connection with Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob skewered mercilessly in her comics.. . The winds of change have led Sarah to this surprising new beginning. All she can do is just…

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    Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, (2008). SIGNED first edition - "Sarah Moon tackles life's issues with a sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. With both Sarah and her cartoon heroine undergoing fertility treatments, her fiction often reflects her reality. However, she hadn't scripted her husband's infidelity.
    In the wake of her shattered marriage, Sarah flees to the coastal town in Northern California where she grew up. There, she revisits her troubling past: an emotionally distant father, the loss of her mother and an unexpected connection with Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob skewered mercilessly in her comics.. . The winds of change have led Sarah to this surprising new beginning. All she can do is just close her eyes...and breathe." SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. 469 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (some toning to edges of textblock).

    Book ID: 87061
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  • A CERTAIN AGE. by Williams, Beatriz.
    Williams, Beatriz.
    A CERTAIN AGE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2016). First edition - Novel set during the Jazz Age - the Roaring Twenties - in New York CIty. Author's note. 326 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

    Book ID: 69429
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  • REPRODUCTION. by Williams, Ian.
    Williams, Ian.
    REPRODUCTION.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof for the first US edition, issued as a trade paperback.

    New York: Europa, 2020. SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afro-Canadian poet and short story writer, the winner of the 2019 Giller Prize. Spanning three decades from the 1980s and set in the racially and economically diverse and cultural vibrant Toronto neighborhood of Brampton, it has been described as a "story in which love takes strange, winding paths and grows in a context shaped by community, family, long-standing friendships, and fleeting interactions that leave their mark on us forever. Felicia, a nineteen-year-old student from a West Indian family, and Edgar, the lazy-minded and impetuous heir of a wealthy German family, meet by chance when their ailing mothers are assigned the same hospital room. After the…

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    New York: Europa, 2020. SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afro-Canadian poet and short story writer, the winner of the 2019 Giller Prize. Spanning three decades from the 1980s and set in the racially and economically diverse and cultural vibrant Toronto neighborhood of Brampton, it has been described as a "story in which love takes strange, winding paths and grows in a context shaped by community, family, long-standing friendships, and fleeting interactions that leave their mark on us forever. Felicia, a nineteen-year-old student from a West Indian family, and Edgar, the lazy-minded and impetuous heir of a wealthy German family, meet by chance when their ailing mothers are assigned the same hospital room. After the death of Felicia's mother and the recovery of Edgar's, Felicia drops out of high-school and takes a job as caregiver to Edgar's mother. The odd-couple relationship between Edgar and Felicia, ripe with miscommunications, misunderstandings, and reprisals for perceived and real offenses, has some unexpected results." SIGNED by author on the title page and dated in 2019 - that is, before publication in the US. An uncommon proof with an equally uncommon signature. 562 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in printed blue wrapppers.

    Book ID: 84207
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  • REPRODUCTION. by Williams, Ian.
    Williams, Ian.
    REPRODUCTION.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof for the first US edition, issued as a trade paperback.

    New York: Europa, 2020. SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afro-Canadian poet and short story writer, the winner of the 2019 Giller Prize. Spanning three decades from the 1980s and set in the racially and economically diverse and cultural vibrant Toronto neighborhood of Brampton, it has been described as a "story in which love takes strange, winding paths and grows in a context shaped by community, family, long-standing friendships, and fleeting interactions that leave their mark on us forever. Felicia, a nineteen-year-old student from a West Indian family, and Edgar, the lazy-minded and impetuous heir of a wealthy German family, meet by chance when their ailing mothers are assigned the same hospital room. After the…

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    New York: Europa, 2020. SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this award-winning Afro-Canadian poet and short story writer, the winner of the 2019 Giller Prize. Spanning three decades from the 1980s and set in the racially and economically diverse and cultural vibrant Toronto neighborhood of Brampton, it has been described as a "story in which love takes strange, winding paths and grows in a context shaped by community, family, long-standing friendships, and fleeting interactions that leave their mark on us forever. Felicia, a nineteen-year-old student from a West Indian family, and Edgar, the lazy-minded and impetuous heir of a wealthy German family, meet by chance when their ailing mothers are assigned the same hospital room. After the death of Felicia's mother and the recovery of Edgar's, Felicia drops out of high-school and takes a job as caregiver to Edgar's mother. The odd-couple relationship between Edgar and Felicia, ripe with miscommunications, misunderstandings, and reprisals for perceived and real offenses, has some unexpected results." SIGNED by author on the title page. An uncommon proof with an equally uncommon signature. Indie Next sticker on front cover. 562 pp.

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    Condition: Fair condition in printed blue wrapppers (crinkling from dampness to the fore-edge of many pages, no spine creasing)

    Book ID: 84317
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  • PAY THE PIPER by Williams, Joan
    Williams, Joan
    PAY THE PIPER

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, 1988. Hardcover first edition - "A novel set in the Deep South about a woman's passionate dangerous affair with a prison convict" - the fifth novel by the author of 'The Morning and the Evening..' 312 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed stiff red wrappers.

    Book ID: 38934
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  • Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    SHAYLA'S DOUBLE BROWN BABY BLUES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First edition - African American author's second novel - written for young adults, set in a poor Houston neighborhood. 300 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63421
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  • WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE. by Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). First edition - African American author's first novel - written for young adults, this is a coming-of-age story set in a poor Houston neighborhood, a book which gives a voice to children who suffer abuse in silence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-689824688.

    Condition: Near fine in foil wrappers (corners bumped)

    Book ID: 64985
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  • THE YUMMY MUMMY. by Williams, Polly.
    Williams, Polly.
    THE YUMMY MUMMY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (2007). First edition - The author's first novel, one which uses humor to "weigh in on nearly every maternal controversy (from extended breastfeeding to the return to paid employment). Thirty-one-year-old Amy Crane, six months postpartum, is stuck between two groups of mommy friends. On one side are the women from her childbirth class, dedicated mothers with chubby figures and comfy clothes. . On the other side is Amy's new friend Alice, a so-called 'yummy mummy,' who, with her similarly slim and elegant West London friends, takes Amy on as her newest project." (Publishers Weekly) 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87576
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