A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar

Bloomsbury, USA, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 375 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bloomsbury, USA, 2012. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. Roughcut edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: It is 1923. Evangeline (Eva) English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva's motives are not quite as noble, but with her green bicycle and a commission from a publisher to write A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar, she is ready for adventure. In present day London, a young woman, Frieda, returns from a long trip abroad to find a man sleeping outside her front door. She gives him a blanket and a pillow, and in the morning finds the bedding neatly folded and an exquisite drawing of a bird with a long feathery tail, some delicate Arabic writing, and a boat made out of a flock of seagulls on her wall. Tayeb, in flight from his Yemeni homeland, befriends Frieda and, when she learns she has inherited the contents of an apartment belonging to a dead woman she has never heard of, they embark on an unexpected journey together. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9781608198115. Inventory No: 24040239.. 9781608198115