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  • THE BOOKMAKER'S DAUGHTER: A Memory Unbound. by Abbott, Shirley.
    Abbott, Shirley.
    THE BOOKMAKER'S DAUGHTER: A Memory Unbound.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ticknor & Fields, (1991). Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a memoir which is also a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mythology. Shirley Jean Abbott grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the 1940s and 50s, the beloved daughter of Alfred Bemont Abbott, affectionately known as "Hat whose business was taking bets on horse racing. But he also loved to read, and he passed that love on to his daughter. xxi, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-899195180.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81557
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  • AN OPEN BOOK: Coming of Age in the Heartland. by Dirda, Michael .
    Dirda, Michael .
    AN OPEN BOOK: Coming of Age in the Heartland.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Norton, (2003). First edition - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist recounts his 1950s and '60s childhood in the Midwestern steel town of Lorian, Ohio. The only boy of four children, he grew up in a blue-collar family with a father who "hated his lot in life with every particle of his moody, dissatisfied soul." To escape from home life, he buried himself in books - and describes many of them here. Photographs. Includes Dirda's book list. 330 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 75890
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  • A WINDOW OPENS. by Egan, Elizabeth.
    Egan, Elizabeth.
    A WINDOW OPENS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a "a compulsively honest, bibliophile heroine" who lands a job at a hip startup that promises to revolutionize reading. SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 67231
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  • NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME: Rereading and Remembering. by Lesser, Wendy.
    Lesser, Wendy.
    NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME: Rereading and Remembering.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - From discussions of reading such diverse books as Huck Finn and Don Quixote, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and Ian McEwan's The Child in Time, this is an exploration of what books and reading - and rereading them - can mean to us. SIGNED on the title page. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-61808293X.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 64306
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  • THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB. by Schwalbe, Will
    Schwalbe, Will
    THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - "The inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over the next two years, Will and Mary Anne carry on conversations that are both wide-ranging and deeply personal, prompted by an eclectic array of books and a shared passion for reading. Their list jumps from classic to popular, from poetry to mysteries, from fantastic to spiritual. The issues they discuss include questions of faith and courage as well as everyday topics such as expressing gratitude and learning to listen. Throughout, they are constantly reminded of the power of books to comfort…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - "The inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over the next two years, Will and Mary Anne carry on conversations that are both wide-ranging and deeply personal, prompted by an eclectic array of books and a shared passion for reading. Their list jumps from classic to popular, from poetry to mysteries, from fantastic to spiritual. The issues they discuss include questions of faith and courage as well as everyday topics such as expressing gratitude and learning to listen. Throughout, they are constantly reminded of the power of books to comfort us, astonish us, teach us, and tell us what we need to do with our lives and in the world. Reading isn't the opposite of doing; it's the opposite of dying." Includes an appendix listing the books and authors they read. 336 pp. ISBN: 978-0307594037.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with a remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 66293
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