New York: Grove Press, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Pencil underlining and marginalia.
In her stunning debut collection, The Wonder Garden, Lauren Acampora brings to the page with enchanting realism the myriad lives of a suburban town and lays them bare. These linked stories take a trenchant look.....
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1992. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Ink name on first blank, pages minimally toned, very faint smell of smoke.
399 pp. "After the death of his mother, Timothy Harcombe is separated from his disreputable father and sent to live with his grandparents, where he becomes lost.....
Arizona: Spark Press, 2019. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. A fine copy.
208 pp. "Abigail has just started her second year at the Tarkana Witch Academy and is already up to her ears studying for Horrid Hexes and Awful Alchemy! Worse, Endera’s malevolent spellbook has its hooks in her.....
Arizona: Spark Press, 2020. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. A fine copy.
203 pp. "Abigail’s second year at the Tarkana Academy has been an all-out disaster. She’s just unwittingly helped Vertulious, an ancient he-witch and powerful alchemist, destroy Odin’s Stone and restore his powers, and now all of Orkney.....
New York: Free Press, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
Welcome to Kittur, India. It's on India's southwestern coast, bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west and the Kaliamma River to the south and east. It's blessed with rich soil and scenic beauty, and it's.....
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
xx, 343 pp. A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story.....
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
xx, 343 pp. A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession.....
New York: Back Bay Books, 2009. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Fourth printing. A fine copy.
260, 8 pp. "Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty.....
New York: Ecco, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the.....
London: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy.
413 pp. Author's first book. "Nazneen's inauspicious entry to the world, an apparent stillbirth on the hard mud floor of a Bangladeshi village hut, imbues in her a sense of fatalism that.....
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2016. Trade Paperback.
Remainder mark, light edge wear.
Suley, Georgia, is home to Lost Lake Cottages and not much else. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly-widowed Kate and her eccentric eight-year-old daughter Devin to heal. Kate spent one memorable childhood summer at.....
New York: Harper Perennial, 2010. Trade Paperback.
Half inch tear along bottom edge of front wrapper, top edge of rear wrapper bumped.
382, 20 pp. "Gregory Reeves' father is a self-styled preacher who wanders the American West with his family in a caravan during the 1940s, preaching “The Infinite Plan,”.....
New York: Dutton, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy.
434 pp. "From the author of Bastard Out of Carolina comes another compelling novel about four women whose lives converge unexpectedly and force all of them to come to terms not.....
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Near fine. Jacket lightly toned.
147 pp. "Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tía Lola, his quirky, carismática, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more.....
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Near fine. Near Fine.
357 pp. "In her most ambitious work since In the Time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez tells the story of a woman whose poetry inspired one Caribbean.....
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: A Shannon Ravenel Book / Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A fine copy.
368 pp. "Latina novelist Alma Huebner is suffering from writer's block and is years past the completion date for yet another.....
New York: Harmony Books, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket very faintly toned. Page ridges faintly foxed, very faint odor of smoke.
224 pp. In Success Amis pens a mismatched pair of foster brothers--one "a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude," the other a "bundle of contempt, vanity.....
New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edge wear to jacket.
Published for the first time in English, an atmospheric, brilliant novel from an internationally bestselling literary luminary.Roberto Ampuero's novels starring the wonderfully roguish Cayetano Brulé are an international sensation. In The Neruda Case, readers are.....
New York: Simon451, 2014. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine head lightly bumped.
ix, 292 pp. Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O'Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India's.....
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. 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Near fine.
ii, 240 pp. Joey Jyaki is a thirteen year old boy who is living in welfare housing with his aunt, when an unexpected visit from his parents' old friends results in him receiving a scholarship to the prestigious Ketsumu Academy.....
New York: William Morrow, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket flaps very faintly toned.
280 pp. "New York Times bestselling author A. Manette Ansay delivers the unforgettable story of two families united by tragedy -- and one woman's deeply emotional journey toward a choice she'd never thought possible.....
New York: Viking, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Jacket flaps very faintly toned.
240 pp. "Ellen Grier returns with her husband and children to their Midwestern Catholic hometown to live with her narrow-minded in-laws, coping with the family's eccentricity and confronting a hidden.....
New York: Viking, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Top page edge smudged, spine slightly cocked.
185 pp. 8vo. Author's first novel. "In his first novel, Elect Mr. Robinson For a Better World, Donald Antrim demonstrates all of the skill that critics have hailed in his subsequent work: the pitch-perfect.....
Scarsdale, N.Y. Bradbury Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "For Sean Daly with best wishes, "Fran Arrick" + Judie Angell." Jacket flaps very faintly toned.
167 pp. "After 15-year-old Anthony hangs himself, his family, friends, girlfriend, and a teacher must deal with their.....
Montlake, Seattle: Montlake, 2021. Trade Paperback.
Wrapper lightly worn.
339 pp. Venus McGee, Draya Carter, and Jackie Benson are coworkers with a lot in common. They're smart, independent, driven, and deserving of recognition―certainly more than they've been handed by a demoralizing boss. He's the topic of conversation at their impromptu.....