Carroll & Graf, July 2001. Hardcover . Good/Good. Good Hardcover with Good Dustjacket. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to DJ. Light to moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Spine ends bumped. A couple of spots on textblock, which have lightly bled onto a few pages. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

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From the author of Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat It is the summer of 1946, a time of clothing coupons and food rations, of postwar deprivations and social readjustment. In this precarious new era, three young women prepare themselves to head off to university and explore the world beyond Yorkshire, England. The bookish Hetty Fallowes struggles to become independent of her overbearing mother, Una Vane embarks on a bicycle trip around the countryside with a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, and Liselotte Klein, a Jewish refugee taken in by a Quaker family, heads to London in search of her only relatives to survive the Nazis. As the three struggle to find meaning and love in a new world, they realize that they still have much to learn, and that their friendship is perhaps the only constant in an ever-changing world.

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Bookseller: Jane Addams Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 286254
Title: The Flight of the Maidens: A Novel
Author: Jane Gardam
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0786708794
ISBN 13: 9780786708796
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published: July 2001
Pages: 288

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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....