No Friend Like a Sister
A Celebration in Words and Memories
ISBN: 0425155315
ISBN-13: 9780425155318
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Quotations about sisterhood by writers and celebrities, including Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Frank, Barbara Mandrell, Sarah Delaney, Lillian Gish, and Abigail Van Buren.
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Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published date: 1996
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Pages: 176
Publisher's Notes
No Friend Like A Sister gathers unforgettable quotations from literary sisters like Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, and Anne Frank, affectionate confessions from celebrity sisters like Barbara Mandrell, Sarah Delany, Lillian Gish, and Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby), as well as deeply personal, often funny, always touching remembrances by "real people" sisters of all ages and from every walk of life. This wonderful collection of stories, letters, diary entries, poems and memories communicates beautifully how strong and enduring, unique and important the special bond is between sisters.
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No Friend Like a Sister
Alpert, Barbara
Berkley Publishing Group, 1996. BERKLEY TRADE PBK ed. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book spine and hinges tight, pages clean and crisp. DJ bright and glossy, some edge rubbing. Writing on fly leaf. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Audience: General/trade. ( more information)
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Berkley Trade. Hardcover. 0425155315 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1996 Berkley Publishing Group Hard Cover . Very Good. 1996. ( more information)
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Alpert, Barbara
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No Friend Like a Sister: A Celebration in Words and Memories
Editor-Barbara Alpert
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Alpert, Barbara
Berkley Publishing Group, 1996. Same as new, Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Audience: General/trade. his book reflects my fascination with the many roles that sisters play in women's lives," Barbara Alpert says in her introduction to No Friend Like a Sister: A Celebration in Words and Memories.. Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information)
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No Friend Like a Sister (Qty: 2)
Barbara Alpert
Berkley Trade, 1996-12-01. Hardcover. New. May have sticker from store that was bought out on cover, very minimal shelf wear. May have a remainder mark.Large selection of books!!! ( more information)
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No Friend like a Sister A Celetration in Words and Memories
Alpert, Barbara
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front fly removed, library sticker . on spine, stamped discard inside ; Hardcover; Berkley Books; 1996. Ex-Library. In mylar - text clear and unmarked, binding tight - very nice copy ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages . ( more information)
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No Friend Like a Sister: A Celebration in Words and Memories
Alpert, Barbara; Alpert Barbara
Hard cover. Berkley Publishing Group(1996) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Binding strong & tight, pages bright, clean. Text unmarked. We ship 6 days a week. International orders ship air letter or global priority where available. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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No Friend Like a Sister
Barbara Alpert
Berkley Trade, 1996-12-01. Hardcover. Good. Ex lib in excellent condition.Binding is tight and square.Text is clean and bright. ( more information)
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No Friend Like a Sister: A Celebration in Words and Memories
Alpert, Barbara; Alpert Barbara
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 1996 Beige pictorial covers. 176 pgs. Pages are white and tight. There is a inscription on blank pg. A CELEBRATION IN WORDS AND MEMORIES.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ( more information)
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No Friend Like a Sister
Alpert, Barbara
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No Friend Like A Sister
Alpert, Barbara
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No Friend Like a Sister
Barbara Alpert
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No Friend Like a Sister : A Celebration in Words and Memories
Alpert, Barbara
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1996. What is a sister? She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, Oblong. ( more information)
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No Friend Like A Sister (Qty: 11)
Barbara Alpert(Editor), Barbara Alpert
Berkley Pub Group, 1996. Softcover. Brand New. 8.00 x 5.50 x 0.50. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 7.2 oz. No Friend Like A Sister gathers unforgettable quotations from literary sisters like Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, and Anne Frank, affectionate confessions from celebrity sisters like Barbara Mandrell, Sarah Delany, Lillian Gish, and Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby), as well as deeply personal, often funny, always touching remembrances by real people sisters of all ages and from every walk of life. This wonderful collection of stories, letters, diary entries, poems and memories communicates beautifully how strong and enduring, unique and important the special bond is between sisters. Quotations about sisterhood by writers and celebrities, including Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Frank, Barbara Mandrell, Sarah Delaney, Lillian Gish, and Abigail Van Buren. This book reflects my fascination with the many roles that sisters play in women's lives, Barbara Alpert says in her introduction to No Friend Like a Sister: A Celebration in Words and Memories. Alpert gathered these sisterly comments from her interviews of sisters and from literary and historical sources, tracing a picture of sisterhood through the ages. She gives sisterless outsiders, of whom she is one, a feeling of what that special and sometimes mysterious bond can be. -- Lopate. . ( more information)
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