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  • ROSIEBELLE LEE WILDCAT TENNESSEE. by Andrews, Raymond.
    Andrews, Raymond.
    ROSIEBELLE LEE WILDCAT TENNESSEE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American author's second novel, set, like the first, in a small Georgia town in the fictional Muskhogean County, and spanning most of the first half of the twentieth century. Illustrated with drawings by Benny Andrews, who also did the dust jacket art. INSCRIBED by Ray Andrews and dated in 1980 on the front endpaper. Review copy with publisher's material laid in, including two original photographs, and notations showing that the issue price was changed from 8.95 to 9.95 and the date from Oct to June. 245 pp. . ISBN: 0-803783361.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (overall edgewear to dj, closed tear to bottom edge of front cover, now protected by an archival cover)

    Book ID: 87952
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  • BABY OF THE FAMILY by Ansa, Tina McElroy
    Ansa, Tina McElroy
    BABY OF THE FAMILY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American novelist's first book, a wryly humorous coming-of-age story, set in a small town in her native Georgia, beginning in the 1950s. SIGNED on the title page. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-15110431X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some very light toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 58557
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  • BABY OF THE FAMILY by Ansa, Tina McElroy
    Ansa, Tina McElroy
    BABY OF THE FAMILY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American novelist's first book, a wryly humorous coming-of-age story, set in a small town in her native Georgia, beginning in the 1950s. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-15110431X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 37627
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  • BABY OF THE FAMILY by Ansa, Tina McElroy
    Ansa, Tina McElroy
    BABY OF THE FAMILY

    Edition: Third printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (1989.) dj. Hardcover - African American novelist's first book, a wryly humorous coming-of-age story, set in a small town in her native Georgia, beginning in the 1950s. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-15110431X.

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

    Book ID: 40624
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  • HAMPTON AND ITS STUDENTS. by Armstrong, Mrs. M. F. and Helen W. Ludlow,
    Armstrong, Mrs. M. F. and Helen W. Ludlow,
    HAMPTON AND ITS STUDENTS.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Putnam, 1874. Hardcover first edition - Written by "two of its teachers." Includes "Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs" arranged by Thomas P. Fenner. Illustrated with a four-fold engraved frontispiece, depicting several of the school's buildings as seen from the water, and many other engravings. An interesting account of the school, including a brief history of Virginia and of slavery and its aftermath in that state, and one of the earliest publications of slave music. 255 pp plus index to cabin songs.

    Condition: Near fine in original green cloth with gold lettering. (top edge slightly bumped, a bit of wear to head of spine and usual light toning to pages, but a tight, clean and very attractive copy)

    Book ID: 88764
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  • Benedict, Pinckney.
    THE WRECKING YARD and Other Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - West Virginia author's second powerful collection of short stories. Dustjacket praise from Eudora Welty, Joyce Carol Oates, Russell Banks and others. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-385-420218.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 34269
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  • DOGS OF GOD by Benedict, Pinckney
    Benedict, Pinckney
    DOGS OF GOD

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel (third book, preceded by two collections of short stories) - a tale of malevolence and violence set in the author's native rural West Virginia. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-385-420226.

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

    Book ID: 41378
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  • THE LONG-LEGGED HOUSE. by Berry, Wendell.
    Berry, Wendell.
    THE LONG-LEGGED HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Berry's first book of essays - written when he was still an almost unknown young writer. The chapter headings (and the topics themselves) are provocative, dealing with environmental, political and social issues - The Tyranny of Charity; The Landscaping of Hell - Strip-Mine Morality in East Kentucky; The Nature Consumers; The Loss of the Future; A Statement Against the War in Vietnam and more. 213 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some discoloration to the endpapers, common to most copies, binding slightly cracked before list of Berry's titles)

    Book ID: 45884
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  • THE STAR OF SUTHERLAND. by Breaznell, Gene.
    Breaznell, Gene.
    THE STAR OF SUTHERLAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - the story of a college professor with his life hitting rock bottom (his wife left him, he is living in a third-rate boarding house) who comes across what just might be the largest uncut diamond every found in the US. Set in South Carolina. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-802757545.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66791
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  • Butler, Brett.
    KNEE DEEP IN PARADISE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the comedian and televison star - but also quite a bit more - a portrait of the South, the story of a woman who survived a 'gothic childhood,' teenage years of exploring sex, drugs and alcohol and an abusive first marriage. It begins "I spent the first twenty years of my life waiting for two men I was reasonably certain would never come back - my daddy and Jesus Christ.". Photographs, 295 pp. ISBN: 0-786861363.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 34634
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  • THE FOREIGN STUDENT. by Choi, Susan.
    Choi, Susan.
    THE FOREIGN STUDENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1998). Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this award-winning writer, the "story of the burgeoning love affair between a young Korean man scarred by war and the deeply troubled daughter of a wealthy Southern American family. In 1955, a new student arrives at a small college in the Tennessee mountains. Chuck is shy, speaks English haltingly, and on the subject of his earlier life in Korea he will not speak at all. Then he meets Katherine, a beautiful and solitary young woman who, like Chuck, is haunted by some dark episode in her past. Without quite knowing why, these two outsiders are irrevocably drawn together." Winner of the Asian-American Literary Award for Fiction. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-06019149X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80120
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  • EDDIE & SUNNY. by Cochran, Stacey.
    Cochran, Stacey.
    EDDIE & SUNNY.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Lutz, FL: Down and Out Books, (2015). SIGNED first edition - "Eddie and Sunny have never had anything in life save for each other s love. For months they ve lived out of their car with their young son. . .. When they stop at an abandoned service station, the point is just to survive another night in their car. But inside they discover a marijuana grow operation, cash, and a stockpile of weapons." And when Sunny shoots the gun dealers in their attempt to escape, they become fugitives from both the law and the kin of the dealers. SIGNED on the title page 210 pp. ISBN: 978-1937495886.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63215
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  • THE PEDDLER'S GRANDSON: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi by Cohen, Edward.
    Cohen, Edward.
    THE PEDDLER'S GRANDSON: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi

    Edition: First printing.

    Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. 194 pp. ISBN: 1578061679.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 14683
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  • ELSIE DINSMORE. by Finley, Martha,
    Finley, Martha,
    ELSIE DINSMORE.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1945) dj. Hardcover - The first book in this series, set in the South right after the Civil War, and originally published in 1868. States "complete authorized edition." Printed under wartime conditions. 316 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Good in a very good minus dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to wartime paper)

    Book ID: 70908
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  • COLORED PEOPLE. A Memoir. by Gates, Henry Louis Jr.
    Gates, Henry Louis Jr.
    COLORED PEOPLE. A Memoir.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition - The distinguished scholar's recollection of his boyhood in West Virginia in the 1950s and '60s. 216 pp

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some spine slant).

    Book ID: 35037
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  • Gates, Henry Louis Jr.
    COLORED PEOPLE. A Memoir.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition - The distinguished scholar's recollection of his boyhood in West Virginia in the 1950s and '60s. 216 pp

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 20233
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  • Gay, William.
    PROVINCES OF NIGHT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition - Second novel by this Tennessee-born author, one which recounts the story of the Bloodworth Clan, set in 1952. After 20 years, E. F. Bloodworth has returned to his home in a forgotten corner of Tennessee to find his sons grown and angry. Cover praise from Steven Yarbrough, Barry Hannah and others.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 18956
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  • FALLING THROUGH SPACE: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist. by Gilchrist, Ellen.
    Gilchrist, Ellen.
    FALLING THROUGH SPACE: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A portrait of the making of a writer and an exploration of the Mississippi plantation life that shaped her during childhood. Illustrated with many photographs. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-316-313157.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 66072
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  • SALLY DOWS AND OTHER STORIES. by Harte, Bret (1836-1902)
    Harte, Bret (1836-1902)
    SALLY DOWS AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: Early undated reprint.

    New York: The Regent Press, (c 1893). Hardcover- A later work by Harte, includes the title novella, set in the post Civil war, reconstruction era South, and three long short stories set in California - The Conspiracy of Mrs Bunker, Transformation of Buckeye Camp and Their Uncle from California. Glossy frontispiece. 299 pp.

    Condition: Very good in tan cloth with black lettering, red decoration on front cover and spine.(previous owner's name in pencil on front endpaper, easily erasable)

    Book ID: 67858
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  • SONS OF MISSISSIPPI: A Story of Race and Its Legacy. by Hendrickson, Paul.
    Hendrickson, Paul.
    SONS OF MISSISSIPPI: A Story of Race and Its Legacy.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the Civil Rights era and post Civil Right era and how it affected the children and grandchildren of seven Mississippi law enforcement officers who were captured in an infamous 1962 Life magazine photo portrait in a story on James Meredith's effort to integrate the University of Mississippi. Illustrated with a map and photographs. Bibliographical essay, index. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-375404619.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64857
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  • POISONED PINS by Hess, Joan.
    Hess, Joan.
    POISONED PINS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Eighth mystery featuring Claire Malloy, bookstore owner, part-time sleuth and full-time single mother. INSCRIBED on the title page "To--- all the best" 246 pp. ISBN: 0-525-935916.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59589
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  • TICKLED TO DEATH: A Claire Malloy Mystery. by Hess, Joan.
    Hess, Joan.
    TICKLED TO DEATH: A Claire Malloy Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ninth mystery featuring Claire Malloy, bookstore owner, part-time sleuth and full-time single mother. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-525-938109.

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

    Book ID: 60234
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  • LOST MORNING. by Heyward, Du Bose
    Heyward, Du Bose
    LOST MORNING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the contemporary South - Heyward's first novel after the successful appearance of Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess" which was based on his earlier novel, "Porgy." 270 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket. (short closed tear to upper edge of front cover, but overall a remarkably well preserved and attractive dust jacket.)

    Book ID: 41007
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  • Heyward, Du Bose
    LOST MORNING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the contemporary South - Heyward's first novel after the successful appearance of Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess" which was based on his earlier novel, "Porgy." 270 pp.

    Condition: Very good in dark red cloth covered boards with somewhat rubbed gold lettering.

    Book ID: 9533
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  • JAILS OF VIRGINIA: A Study of the Local Penal System. by Hoffer, Frank William; Delbert Martin Mann and Floyd Nelson House,
    Hoffer, Frank William; Delbert Martin Mann and Floyd Nelson House,
    JAILS OF VIRGINIA: A Study of the Local Penal System.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1933. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The University of Virginia Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Monograph No. 16. A very detailed and thorough look at the prisons and jails throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, with a look at the history, the current procedures for everything ranging from feeding, control, health, and a look towards the future. The introduction makes the point that it is very difficult to make improvements to the system, which is deeply imbedded in our social system and benefits from the often mistaken assumption that things are being well-handled. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED by one of the authors - Delbert Mann - to his son, Delbert Mann, Jr,…

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    New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1933. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The University of Virginia Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Monograph No. 16. A very detailed and thorough look at the prisons and jails throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, with a look at the history, the current procedures for everything ranging from feeding, control, health, and a look towards the future. The introduction makes the point that it is very difficult to make improvements to the system, which is deeply imbedded in our social system and benefits from the often mistaken assumption that things are being well-handled. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED by one of the authors - Delbert Mann - to his son, Delbert Mann, Jr, the Academy Award winning director of "Marty" as well as the director of many other films, including "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," "Separate Tables," and more. Illustrated with figures of a Jail Record Card and Punch Card, two fold-out maps and many tables. Index, xvi, 453 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket. (some fading to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers from a newspaper review laid in, dust jacket has a loss of approx 1/2 at base of spine, other edgewear)

    Book ID: 63098
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  • NO ORDINARY HEROES: 8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7,000 Prisoners and a Category 5 Hurricane. by Inglese, Demaree, M. D. with Diana G. Gallagher,
    Inglese, Demaree, M. D. with Diana G. Gallagher,
    NO ORDINARY HEROES: 8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7,000 Prisoners and a Category 5 Hurricane.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kensington, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A true account of just one of the disastrous events following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in August 2005, by the Medical Director of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office, one of the largest jails in the country. From the dustjacket: "No Ordinary Heroes recounts the drama that unfolded at the jail between August 26 and September 2, 2005. Faced with a prison compound that administrators had refused to evacuate, Dr. Inglese and his colleagues - deputies, nurses, and doctors - had a monumental disaster on their hands. Massive flooding transformed the sprawling jail complex into an island in the crippled city. Without power or running water, and with food…

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    New York: Kensington, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A true account of just one of the disastrous events following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in August 2005, by the Medical Director of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office, one of the largest jails in the country. From the dustjacket: "No Ordinary Heroes recounts the drama that unfolded at the jail between August 26 and September 2, 2005. Faced with a prison compound that administrators had refused to evacuate, Dr. Inglese and his colleagues - deputies, nurses, and doctors - had a monumental disaster on their hands. Massive flooding transformed the sprawling jail complex into an island in the crippled city. Without power or running water, and with food stores dwindling, conditions at the jail deteriorated rapidly as temperatures inside soared in the blistering summer heat. Cut off from help, the medical staff struggled to care for thousands of inmates, staff, and neighborhood residents while deputies struggled to maintain order. Through it all loomed the constant menace of the prison inmates, many of them desperate to survive or possibly escape. Rioting prisoners, burning buildings, SWAT team rescues, and medical emergencies all conspired to create a storm within a storm: a trial weathered by the courage and perseverance of a dedicated few who worked to the breaking point and beyond." Illustrated with an inserted section of 47 color photographs and drawings of the floor plan. Author's note. vii, 327 pp. ISBN: 9780806528311.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 40294
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  • VINEGAR PIE AND CHICKEN BREAD: A Woman's Diary of Life in the Rural South, 1890-91. by [Jackson, Nannie Stillwell] Bolsterli, Margaret Jones, editor.
    [Jackson, Nannie Stillwell] Bolsterli, Margaret Jones, editor.
    VINEGAR PIE AND CHICKEN BREAD: A Woman's Diary of Life in the Rural South, 1890-91.

    Edition: First printing.

    Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - A diary covering almost one year of the life of Nannie Jackson, beginning in June 1890 when she was 36 years old, recounting in detail her daily routine of cooking, sewing, cleaning and gardening, but also giving glimpses into the support that women gave each other, and especially her close friendship with 19 year old Fannie Morgan, a friendship that upset her husband. Edited and with a long introduction by Margaret Jones Bolsterli. Volume 1 of The President's Series in Arkansas and Regional Studies. Photographs, map, glossary, bibliography, index. xii, 108 pp. ISBN: 0-938626108.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light foxing to the first and last page)

    Book ID: 67567
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  • WELCOME TO BRAGGSVILLE. by Johnson, T. Geronimo.
    Johnson, T. Geronimo.
    WELCOME TO BRAGGSVILLE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2015). SIGNED first edition - His very highly praised second novel - it "plunks four engaging but naive young ideologues from Berkeley into the middle of a Civil War re-enactment in a small town in the contemporary South with results that are surprising, heart-breaking, tragicomic and deeply disturbing (Jaime Gordon.) SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. Includes a Sexicon (glossary) and list works cited. xiii, 360 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 63030
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  • AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. by Jones, Tayari.
    Jones, Tayari.
    AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2018. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Jones' acclaimed fourth novel - praise from Michael Chabon, Amy Bloom and Tom Perrotta who says that this "asks hard questions about injustice and betrayal, and answers them with a heartbreaking and genuinely suspenseful love story in which nobody's wrong and everybody's wounded. Tayari Jones has written a complex and important novel about people trapped in a tragic situation, struggling to reconcile their responsibilities and desires." SIGNED on the title page. Awarded the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. 308 pp. ISBN: 978-1616201340.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (minor lamination flaw to back cover of dj) True first edition with the correct ISBN.

    Book ID: 82631
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  • AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. by Jones, Tayari.
    Jones, Tayari.
    AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2018). SIGNED first edition - Jones' acclaimed fourth novel - praise from Michael Chabon, Amy Bloom and Tom Perrotta who says that this "asks hard questions about injustice and betrayal, and answers them with a heartbreaking and genuinely suspenseful love story in which nobody's wrong and everybody's wounded. Tayari Jones has written a complex and important novel about people trapped in a tragic situation, struggling to reconcile their responsibilities and desires." SIGNED on the title page. Awarded the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. 308 pp with letter to the reader from Jones bound in at front of book.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed.

    Book ID: 72828
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