New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2017). First edition - A very highly praised memoir by this award-winning writer - a "look at the complicated relationship between a remarkable mother and an equally remarkable son, set, mostly, in the Spokane Indian Reservation where Alexie spent his childhood. His whip-smart, sometimes cruel mother saved the family when she stopped drinking, but was inexplicably tough on her kids something Alexie traces back to mental illness, sexual assault, and the Indian experience of violence and oppression." Response to this book has been complicated by charges of sexual harrassment against Alexie, and he declined the Carnegie Medal. 417 pp.

New York: Viking, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Two collections of short stories by this award-winning writer - one of five stories, the other 3 stories - told from the viewpoint of a young girl growing up in Brisbane, Australia. Author's note, in which she describes the first collection as autobiographical fiction. 246 pp.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2012). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, fourth book. "For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's obsession with food - thinking about it, eating it - and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live." SIGNED on the title page. Finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize for 2013. 272 pp.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, fourth book. "For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's obsession with food - thinking about it, eating it - and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live." SIGNED on the title page. Finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize for 2013. 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1455507214.

New York: Pamela Dorman Books / Viking, (2014). First edition - The author's first novel, a story of complicated family relationships. When a young African American California woman unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in southern Louisiana, she sees this as a chance to start over. She moves there with her 11 year old daughter determined to succeed, despite a mountain of debt and no idea what she is really getting into. Book was very loosely adapted as the basis for the highly praised Ava DuVernay produced television series for the Oprah Winfrey Network. 372 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - Letters from a Jewish immigrant, born in Romania in 1879 who emigrated to the US in 1904 - he was a self-taught linguist, philospher and journalist, and the author of one novel under a pseudonym. These letters begin in 1959 when his grandson Joel leaves New York City for graduate work at the University of Iowa, and end in November 1966, a short time before Bercovici's death in February 1967. Edited and with an introduction by Mary Hengstenberg Grossman, the wife of Joel. xiv, 210 pp. ISBN: 0-316089966.

New York: Random House, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Twelfth novel by this highly praised writer, a story of secrets long buried in a family resurfacing and an exploration of the possiblities of forgiving and healing.SIGNED on the title page. 237 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press (2008.). A delightfully humorous look at the traits shared by dogs and dads - "My father pretends to be human, but I know he is really a dog. Consider the evidence...." Large format, illustrated in full color by Randy Cecil. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780763630775.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Bradfield's highly praised first novel, told in the voice of an eight-year old boy, one with no permanent home, as he travels with his mother across Southern California. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-394-578759.

New York: Grove Press, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first book, a memoir by the daughter of Steve Jobs described as a coming of age story which is partially a portrait of a complex family and partly a love letter to California in the 70s and 80s. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Named one of the best books of the year by the NY Times, the New Yorker, NPR and many others. Illustrated with photographs. ISBN: 978-0802128232.

New York: Putnam, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of two sisters, each in their different ways alienated from the past and themselves, who struggle to come together after the death of their mother, Set in Oklahoma, where a tornado is threatening the house. 206 pp. Review copy with publicity photo of author laid in. ISBN: 0-399-129375.

New York: Random House, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty true stories of families - from Texas to China, from Jamaica to the Ozarks, and more - who survived tremendous hardships in their family lives and who managed to create a better experience today. Bibliography. 381 pp. ISBN: 1400062373.

New York: Random House, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Twenty true stories of families - from Texas to China, from Jamaica to the Ozarks, and more - who survived tremendous hardships in their family lives and who managed to create a better experience today.INSCRIBED on the title page "---- may these stories echo your own." Bibliography. 381 pp. ISBN: 1400062373.

New York: Twelve / Hachette, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - In each chapter of this book, the authors explode a myth about child raising and offer new insights into the inner world of children. Provocative, entertaining and ver worthwhile. INSCRIBED on the title page and signed by Po Bronson. Sources and references. 327 pp.

New York: Twelve / Hachette, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - In each chapter of this book, the authors explode a myth about child raising and offer new insights into the inner world of children. Provocative, entertaining and ver worthwhile. SIGNED on the title page by Po Bronson. Sources and references. 327 pp.

New York: Twelve / Hachette, (2009.). First edition - In each chapter of this book, the authors explode a myth about child raising and offer new insights into the inner world of children. Provocative, entertaining and ver worthwhile. Sources and references. 327 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third young adult novel by this award-winning author. Set in the middle of the 21st century, in Washington DC, a 14 year old boy has the burden of deciding the fate of his younger brother after his mother is released from an alcoholic rehabilitation center. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-060207221.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2008). SIGNED first edition - Set is 1998 in London, in the safe haven of her office, "a room her husband jokingly calls The Delivery Room therapist Mira Braverman listens to the stories of her troubled patients. . . Once the last client closes the door behind them, however, Mira too has her share of concerns and dilemmas demanding acknowledgement, attention and (re)solution. But as she navigates the central relationships in her life - with her husband, and the son he didn't know about for years, with her war-ravaged homeland, and the sister who lives there still, with her various clients - she finds it's not always easy to keep home and work separate." SIGNED on the title page. 399 pp. ISBN: 978-1582434247.

New York: Delacorte, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Two sisters are thrilled to be spending a vacation at a beach cottage with their divorced father - until they discover that a woman friend of their father and her son will also be there Realistic novel about the problems children face by this Newbery award winning author Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-440-001226.

New York: Kensington, (2001). First edition - A novel about love, life and second chances as a man travels to Cornwall to find the son he gave up for adoption when his wife died in childbirth. 293 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover first edition - An often humorous look at the ups and downs of raising children, the joy - and troubles - they can bring. The underlying message, however, is that having a baby (or several) is a lot more fun than having a career. Surprisingly scarce - perhaps because the changes which were coming as a result of World War II made this seem obsolete. Illustrated by John Chase with a full color frontispiece and line drawings. 163 pp.

Santa Fe: SFWP/ Santa Fe Writer's Project, (2021). SIGNED first edition - African American poet's third collection - "using characters doubled over with grief, fear, and desire, the love poems in 'Worn' mirror a photo album of legends, rumors, and memories exchanged over drinks in the early evening. Tenderness meets pain meets joy here, offering up the voices of Black folks fostering connection with their children, their lovers, and themselves." INSCRIBED on the title page. 69 pp plus notes. ISBN: 978-1951631093.

Lakewood, CO: Unbridled Books, nd (c 1996). New Mexican author's first novel, one which collapses time, with the living and the dead occupying the same space over the generations. The first novel in his Guadalupe series, set in a remote town in Northern New Mexico. 214 pp. ISBN: 978-1932961966.

Lakewood, CO: Unbridled Books, (2009). First edition - New Mexican author's fourth novel in his Guadalupe series, set in a remote town in Northern New Mexico. After he death of Ruffino Trujillo, his son discovers an old canvas bag bearing the name of Madewell Brown. Inside along with an old blanket, a photo of a Negro League baseball team, is a "small, yellowing envelope that was never posted. Thinking it the least he can do, Cipriano mails the letter. When it arrives in Cairo, Illinois, it comes into the hands of a young woman named Rachael, who believes it is from her lost grandfather." 213 pp.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1932. dj. Hardcover first edition - An uncommon early novel by this prolific author of romantic novels (like this one), historical fiction and juvenile series books. Set in New England against the background of the Depression, this is the story of Sally, the youngest of the "large and tempestous Moffat family" as she matures from a girl into a young woman. Attractive art deco dust jacket art. 273 pp.

New York: Dutton, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A novel for older children set in a small town in the high desert country, a town which is home to the renowned Summerlost theater festival. "Last summer we had a dad and a brother and then they were gone. It has been a year since the devastating car accident that killed Cedar's father and younger brother . . Now they are trying to mend the broken pieces." SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp.

New York: Viking, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Florida author's third novel the story of an ordinary family with two teenagers themselves, who become embroiled in the lives of a runaway girl and her violent boyfriend. A presentation copy INSCRIBED on the title page by the author -"For ---who does such good things for books in the world" and dated in July 1998. Also laid in is a card "compliments of the author" with a hand-written note and a comment that this is an early copy - publication date was July 2, 1998. Uncommon signed. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-670-86398X.

New York: Henry Holt, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book - a memoir about family and farming which teaches a lesson about the risks that make life worth living. Unsure of what he wanted to do, the summer he was thirty-one, Crawford returned home to work on the farm for the summer harvest at New Morning Farm - 75 acres tucked in south-central Pennsylvania where his parents had been growing organic vegetables for almost forty years. SIGNED on the title page with the words "My second autograph ever" and dated in 2013 . 256 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book - a memoir about family and farming which teaches a lesson about the risks that make life worth living. Unsure of what he wanted to do, the summer he was thirty-one, Crawford returned home to work on the farm for the summer harvest at New Morning Farm - 75 acres tucked in south-central Pennsylvania where his parents had been growing organic vegetables for almost forty years. INSCRIBED on the title page. 256 pp.