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Child of My Heart
by McDermott, Alice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This 2002 FSG 1st Edition/1st Printing is ***SIGNED*** by the author on the title page. The Hardback is in Very Good condition with ripple pages from 100 - 106. The dustjacket is in Very Good condition with some rubbing along the flap folds and upper spine edge. Nominated for the 2002 International Dublin Literary Award.
Reviews
On Aug 31 2015, The Old Library Bookshop said:
It's been a long time since I fell under the spell of Alice McDermott's masterful novel, "Charming Billy," and I had almost forgotten how enchanting a McDermott story can be. Then, recently, I read her short story about Sr. St. Xavier in a current edition of The New Yorker magazine and ran to the bookshop to get my hands on any and all McDermott novels I had missed. Like most of her stories, this book's characters are Irish-American Catholics of the 1950s and '60s. The story's narrator is Theresa, an exceptional teenager (almost unbelievably exceptional, the novel's only flaw as far as I was concerned). Theresa possesses not only exceptional beauty, but also a nature that endears her to everyone she meets. She has a special way with children and animals and spends her summers sitting for the children and pets of the Long Island upper crust. The novel encompasses one brief summer shared with Theresa's younger cousin Daisy. Theresa and Daisy both sense the the fragility of the happiness they share, as they conspire to hide the many bruises popping up on Daisy's tiny body. If there is such a thing as a sweet sadness, then this novel fills the bill to a tee.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bren-Books.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010434
- Title
- Child of My Heart
- Author
- McDermott, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 242
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction; fiction-literature;
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....