Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.: Mariner Books - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED. FIRST EDITION (stated), printing number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Collectible. Near Fine or Better Soft Cover. Clean and bright. Tight glued binding. Appears unread or done so very carefully. No markings located on page flip. Author's autograph / signature with personalized inscription on half title page. No unpleasant odors detected. Dependable seller. Satisfaction guaranteed. Carefully packaged. Prompt shipping includes USPS Tracking. Save on shipping by ordering multiple titles. ah808.

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During the long farewell of her mother’s dying, Patricia Hampl revisits her Midwestern girlhood. Daughter of a debonair Czech father, whose floral work gave him entrŽe into St. Paul society, and a distrustful Irishwoman with an uncanny ability to tell a tale, Hampl remained, primarily and passionately, a daughter well into adulthood. She traces the arc of faithfulness and struggle that comes with that role from the postwar years past the turbulent sixties. The Florist’s Daughter is a tribute to the ardor of supposedly ordinary people. Its concerns reach beyond a single life to achieve a historic testament to midcentury middle America. At the heart of this book is the humble passion of people who struggled out of the Depression into a better chance, not only for themselves but for the common good. Widely recognized as one of our most masterful memoirists, Patricia Hampl has written her most intimate, yet most universal, work to date.

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Bookseller: Ate Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000484
Title: The Florist's Daughter: A Memoir [SIGNED]
Author: Patricia Hampl
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0156034034
ISBN 13: 9780156034036
Publisher: Mariner Books - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.
Date Published: 2009
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: ah808; Collectible; Signed, Autographed; First Edition, 1st Edition; 9780156034036; 0156034034; Patricia Hampl; Memoir; Mariner Books; Childhood; Youth; Biography; Death - Mother, Mom, Parent;

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