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  • A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. by Berne, Suzanne.
    Berne, Suzanne.
    A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's unusual first novel, nominated for the Edgar, winner of the Orange Prize and a New York Times Notable book of the year. "In the summer of 1972, in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the body of a twelve-year-old boy was found near a shopping mall. He had been sexually molested and then murdered. The worst crime came later. . . As the adult Marsha looks back on that summer and recounts the events, she sees herself as an almost fanatically vigilant little girl edging as close as possible to every disturbance. When the summer dragged on and on without the police solving the murder, Marsha…

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    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's unusual first novel, nominated for the Edgar, winner of the Orange Prize and a New York Times Notable book of the year. "In the summer of 1972, in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the body of a twelve-year-old boy was found near a shopping mall. He had been sexually molested and then murdered. The worst crime came later. . . As the adult Marsha looks back on that summer and recounts the events, she sees herself as an almost fanatically vigilant little girl edging as close as possible to every disturbance. When the summer dragged on and on without the police solving the murder, Marsha felt compelled to put the "evidence" she'd been collecting to use. How do crimes that we witness or commit as children continue to haunt us years later?" INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 285 pp. ISBN: 1-565121651.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86843
    Keywords: coming of age story, edgar nominee, first novel, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, orange prize, women authors
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  • Dunmore, Helen.
    TALKING TO THE DEAD.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first winner of England's Orange Prize for fiction for the best novel by a woman and the first book of this author to be published in the United States. The story of two sisters, bound together since childhood by the sudden devasting death of their baby brother. An attractively produced small volume. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-316-197416.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 34098
    Keywords: mystery, orange prize, Women Authors
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  • WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES. by Grant, Linda.
    Grant, Linda.
    WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of a 20 year old woman who emigrates from London to Palestine in 1946. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and the author's first novel to be published in the US. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-525-945946.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50775
    Keywords: Historical Fiction, israel, kibbutz, orange prize
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  • HOME. by Robinson, Marilynne.
    Robinson, Marilynne.
    HOME.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.). First edition - The third novel by this award winning writer, finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Fiction Award. A completely independent novel but set in the same town of Gilead as her Pulitzer prize winning second novel. 325 pp. Includes a promotional cd.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. CD is still sealed in pocket inside back cover.

    Book ID: 59348
    Keywords: arc, Modern first editions, national book award finalist, orange prize, uncorrected proof
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  • LARRY'S PARTY by Shields, Carol.
    Shields, Carol.
    LARRY'S PARTY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel, winner of the Orange Prize, shortlisted for the Giller. The US edition preceded the Canadian for this title. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-670-873926.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket (faint crease on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 36637
    Keywords: Canadian writers and history, orange prize
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