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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. BX5 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red paper covered boards quarter bound in red cloth with glack lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is the usual library stamp and label on the inside surface of the front board and the "other works by this author" page plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus there is the usual library label on the spine plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The main character hs been shocked and confused by the violence and craziness of everyday life. She is living in the shadow world of New Orleans,… Read More

Baton Rouge, Louisana, USA: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. BZ2 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the inside surface of the front cover, and the title page. This a title in the publisher's Voices of the South series. A novel set in North Carolina in 1961. The main character is about to marry when the home-town country music star Bobby Rex has a hit with a risqué love song named after the woman. Everybody wants to know about the secret love affair that prompted the song even though nothing really had happened. this book has been sellected as a Best Book for young adults by the American Library Association. By the author of "Teen Angel and Other Stories of Wayward Love." 308p.. Trade… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Avon Books, 1993. BZ5 - A trade paperback book signed by the author in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated pink wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with a light bump to the front bottom left corner and light discoloration. A novel set in the backwoods of North Carolina during the Seconld World War about a family of women. They are unique for women of thier time: living gloriously rich and offbeat lives in a private world abandoned by their men. A mother and a daughter live together and ward off loneliness and despair with the help of a self-taught healer. By the author of "Sights Unseen." 254p.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991. CF2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the title page, the copyright page, and the back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel about a family in a small town in North Carolina from 20 years before the Civil War to the Vietnam war. By the author of "Raney" and "Walking Across Egypt." 265p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. BC4 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus a crease on the back cover at the bottom left corner. A novel about a courageous 17 year old girl who becomes pregnant and hopes this will provide her an escape from her oppressive community in Georgia. She is accused of murders she did not ocmmit instead but must hide her own innocence in order to protect her father from the shameful secrets of his past. By the author of "Pawpaw Patch," "Dark of the Moon," and "Going Through the Change." 160p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1998. BE1 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in light green paper covered boards quarter bound in brown paper covered boards with metallic copper lettering and graphics on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very light rubbing overall. Indelible vignettes of Southern eccentricity. The author is notable for her contributions to National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' and this novel is in that vein. The story is of the peculiar yet lovable people who inhabit a small town in south Georgia. By the author of "Mama Makes Up Her Mind" and "Sleeping at the Starlite Motel and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home." 220p.. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Doubleday/Random House, 2000. BE2 - A first edition advance reading copy/uncorrected proof trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus a light bumping to the bottom left corner. A story set in a North Florida coastal village and about a woman who has just lost her fisherman husband. In the book she recounts their life together and is able to redeem herself and discover her own place in the world. By the author of "Before Women Had Wings" which won the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. 254p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997. BI3 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamp on the top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps have been glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve with the usual library label on the spine that wraps around onto the back plus the endflaps have been glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. A story set in a very small North Carolina town. Progress is in the making. After a heads-on mule and truck collision, the state highway department is petitioned for a blinker light. This ends putting the small town on the map and soon outsiders are passing through. One of them, driving a stolen car, decides to take a cabin at a moter hotel there. It is the story of what… Read More