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GRAVEYARD OF LOST CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Naperville, IL: Poisoned Pen Press, (2023). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a pyschological thriller which is also a searing depiction of the effects of postpartum depression and the expectations placed on mothers. SIGNED on the title page. 346 pp plus bonus material. ISBN: 978-1728248233.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89601More details Price: $20.00 -
PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First prose book by this award-winning poet - a memoir, which discusses the coming of age of a poet, but especially the choice she made to not have children.SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0973.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89088More details Price: $27.50 -
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: 87576More details Price: $17.50 -
THE GOLDEN STATE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87342More details Price: $40.00 -
DATING BIG BIRD.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Dell, (2001). The author's second novel. A humorous look at modern life - and how far it can be from our expectations. 246 pp,. ISBN: 0-38533412.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 83800More details Price: $12.00 -
FRUITFUL: A Real Mother in the Modern World.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Roiphe has a family of six daughters, a mixture of hers, his and theirs, so she brings her own personal experiences to this book. A humorous, yet critical analysis on what it means to be a mother, she advocates co-mothering and condemns the women's movement for its male-bashing focus, offers a critical account of the feminist stance on marriage and motherhood, and argues for renewed support for the needs of working women trying to bring up children. She describes the many painful dilemmas instantly recognizable by any mother: the effect of a working mother on her children; the sufficiency of being a "good-enough mother." INSCRIBED on the title page. xi, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-395735319.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (author's name and address on rear endpaper)
Book ID: 78024More details Price: $28.50 -
THE GOLDEN STATE.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 77982More details Price: $35.00 -
SAVE ME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mother is volunteering in a school cafeteria, when disaster strikes - and in a split second she has to make a decision! Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page. 373 pp. ISBN: 978-0312380786.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63261More details Price: $28.50 -
THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first major work of non-fiction, one in which she "brilliantly and poignantly examines the joys and frustrations, the compromises and insights, the difficult struggles and profound emotional satisfactions she experienced in the course of one twelve-month period - from a winter pregnancy through a spring and summer of new motherhood to a fall return to writing." SIGNED on the title page. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0171324.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49911More details Price: $40.00 -
HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some shelf wear, price-clipped dj.)
Book ID: 46440More details Price: $14.00 -
HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. Olive green cloth spine. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 42377More details Price: $20.00 -
HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36577More details Price: $18.00 -
PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First prose book by this award-winning poet - a memoir, which discusses the coming of age of a poet, but especially the choice she made to not have children. 337 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0973.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34368More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first major work of non-fiction, one in which she "brilliantly and poignantly examines the joys and frustrations, the compromises and insights, the difficult struggles and profound emotional satisfactions she experienced in the course of one twelve-month period - from a winter pregnancy through a spring and summer of new motherhood to a fall return to writing." SIGNED on the title page. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0171324.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 30689More details Price: $35.00 -
PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First prose book by this award-winning poet - a memoir, which discusses the coming of age of a poet, but especially the choice she made to not have children. 337 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0973.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 29919More details Price: $18.00 -
HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 19431More details Price: $16.00