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  • SOMETHING LIKE BEAUTIFUL: One Single Mother's Story. by Bandele, Asha.
    Bandele, Asha.
    SOMETHING LIKE BEAUTIFUL: One Single Mother's Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - A frank and "powerful memoir about the hard realities of single motherhood. When Asha Bandele, a young poet, fell in love with a prisoner serving a twenty-to-life sentence and became pregnant with his daughter, she had reason to hope they would live together as a family. Soon after Nisa was born, Asha's dreams were shattered. Rashid was denied parole, and told he'd be deported to his native Guyana once released. Asha became a statistic: a single, black mother in New York City. On the outside, Asha kept it together. She had a great job at a high-profile magazine and a beautiful daughter whom she adored. But inside, she was…

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    New York: Harper Collins, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - A frank and "powerful memoir about the hard realities of single motherhood. When Asha Bandele, a young poet, fell in love with a prisoner serving a twenty-to-life sentence and became pregnant with his daughter, she had reason to hope they would live together as a family. Soon after Nisa was born, Asha's dreams were shattered. Rashid was denied parole, and told he'd be deported to his native Guyana once released. Asha became a statistic: a single, black mother in New York City. On the outside, Asha kept it together. She had a great job at a high-profile magazine and a beautiful daughter whom she adored. But inside, she was falling apart. This honest memoir tells of her descent into depression when her life should have been filled with love and joy. This is not only Asha's story, but the story of thousands of women who struggle daily with little help and much against them, and who believe they have no right to acknowledge their pain." Surprisingly uncommon in the first edition. 197 pp. ISBN: 978-0061710377.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89390
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  • THE LANTERN MEN. by Griffiths, Elly.
    Griffiths, Elly.
    THE LANTERN MEN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery novel featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway, who has moved on to a new position at Cambridge University, and a new life with American Frank Barker - but then a man who has been convicted of killing two women tells Detective Chief Inspector Nelson that he will tell him where the bodies of other missing women can be found - but only if Galloway does the digging. A gripping crime novel that uses the legend of the lantern men on the flats to build suspense. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0358237044.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 88083
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  • THE CHALK PIT: A Ruth Galloway Mystery. by Griffiths, Elly.
    Griffiths, Elly.
    THE CHALK PIT: A Ruth Galloway Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth mystery novel in the award-winning series featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway, who becomes involved not only in bones found in the tunnels under Norwich, but in a series of disappearances. The Sunday Times commented that she "weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skillfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection." SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0544750319.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (inconspicuous check mark on dark green endpapers)

    Book ID: 88148
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  • THE LOCKED ROOM: A Ruth Galloway Mystery. by Griffiths, Elly.
    Griffiths, Elly.
    THE LOCKED ROOM: A Ruth Galloway Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner, (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery novel featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway, set during the beginning of the Covid lockdown in the UK. While Ruth is trying to adapt to using Zoom for her lessons and worrying about some of her students, Nelson and his team are investigating the deaths of several women which have been ruled suicide, but he has his doubts. Includes a 'who's who' of the characters in the series. 375 pp. ISBN: 978-0358671398.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88398
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  • Griffiths, Elly (pseudonym of Domenica de Rosa)
    THE GHOST FIELDS: A Ruth Galloway Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery novel in the award-winning series featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway,. A construction crew has made a macabre discovery: a World War II plane with the pilot still inside SIGNED and dated on the title page. 370 pp. ISBN: 978-0544330146.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (stray mark on top edge of textblock, light toning, some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj)

    Book ID: 89547
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  • THE LAST REMAINS: A Ruth Galloway Mystery. by Griffiths, Elly (pseudonym of Domenica de Rosa)
    Griffiths, Elly (pseudonym of Domenica de Rosa)
    THE LAST REMAINS: A Ruth Galloway Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Mariner, , (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifteenth mystery novel in the award-winning series featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway, set against the backdrop of COVID, and involving the discovery of the body of a young archeology student who went missing 20 years ago. 361 pp. ISBN: 978-0358726487.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 90623
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  • THE WOMAN IN BLUE: A Ruth Galloway Mystery. by Griffiths, Elly (pseudonym of Domenica de Rosa)
    Griffiths, Elly (pseudonym of Domenica de Rosa)
    THE WOMAN IN BLUE: A Ruth Galloway Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016 dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth mystery novel in the award-winning series featuring forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway, set in the town of Little Walsingham, once famous for its apparitions. Map. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0544417854.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 91576
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  • WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE NOW. by Maran, Meredith.
    Maran, Meredith.
    WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE NOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Memoir by this former 60s activist, expelled from the Bronx High School of Science for leading protests against the Vietnam war, now a lesbian, mother, living in integrated neighborhood in Oakland, California, which focuses on her attempts to reconcile her activist ideals of the 60s and 70s with her life today - shows us clearly how her life has been and is still shaped by those ideal. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-553-096001.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 55578
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  • Parker, Tony.
    IN NO MAN'S LAND: Some Unmarried Mothers.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Harper & Row, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Relates Tony Parker's interviews with six single mothers and reveals vast differences between women in this category. Tony Parker is well known as Britain's most expert interviewer and has in the past displayed skill at depicting the criminal mind. 159 pgs. ISBN: 0-06-0132760.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (overall wear, small tears and creases at edges of dj.)

    Book ID: 19888
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  • DIME IF I KNOW. by Toussaint, Maggie.
    Toussaint, Maggie.
    DIME IF I KNOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Five Star/ Gale/ Cenage, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third fast-paced Cleopatra Jones mystery, set in Maryland - she wants to get married to her golf pro boyfriend, but he prefers the freedom of dating. "With three puppies, a St. Bernard, two teenage daughters, a free-spirited live-in mother, a kooky best friend, and an accounting firm to run, Cleo's life is busy. To top it off, her best friend is running for mayor" - and then a former girlfriend of Rafe's turns up dead, and he is the top suspect. 260 pp. ISBN: 978-1432827182.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (toning to pages)

    Book ID: 67846
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