New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - An historical novel for young adults set in 1677 - the story of a bookseller's daughter which "recreates a lively and fascinating historical period when women claimed a new and more active role in London's literary scene. . . Meg Moore is the motherless and only child of a bookseller with a thriving business in Restoration London-and that makes her an heiress. But Mr. Moore's unexpected marriage throws all Meg's dreams into confusion.. . Meg seeks wisdom from almanacs and astrologers, plays and books of jests, guides for ladies and guides for midwives. Yet it is through her own experience that she finds…
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - An historical novel for young adults set in 1677 - the story of a bookseller's daughter which "recreates a lively and fascinating historical period when women claimed a new and more active role in London's literary scene. . . Meg Moore is the motherless and only child of a bookseller with a thriving business in Restoration London-and that makes her an heiress. But Mr. Moore's unexpected marriage throws all Meg's dreams into confusion.. . Meg seeks wisdom from almanacs and astrologers, plays and books of jests, guides for ladies and guides for midwives. Yet it is through her own experience that she finds a new maturity with which to face her unknown future." SIGNED bookplate laid in. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. Author's note. 140 pp. ISBN: 0-374304491.
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