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QUIET DELL; A Novel
by Phillips, Jayne Anne
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1439172536
- ISBN 13
- 9781439172537
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York Loondon Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Scribner, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. As New/As New. INSCRIBED by the Author "your version of an old fairy tale" on the title page, tall 8vo, white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale yellow boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Floyd Eugene Sayre, xi, [xii-xiv] + 445 pages. Jayne Anne Phillips (born 1952) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her fourth novel, Lark and Termite (2009), was a finalist for the National Book Award.<br/> <br/> Quiet Dell, Phillips' fifth novel, is based on the true story of the 1931 murders of Chicago widow Asta Eicher and her three children in the hamlet of Quiet Dell, WV, is a fictional portrayal of one of the nation's first sensationalized serial murders. NOTE the significant praise by Stephen King on the back panel of the dust jacket!<br/> <br/> AS NEW overall Condition! Sharp, tight, bright! No remainder marks.
Synopsis
From one of AmericaâÈçs most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers, a spectacularly riveting novel based on a real-life multiple murder by a con man who preyed on widowsâÈ' a story that has haunted Jayne Anne Phillips for more than four decades In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, mother of three, is lonely and despairing, pressed for money after the sudden death of her husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a chivalrous, elegant man named Harry Powers, who promises to cherish and protect her, ultimately to marry her and to care for her and her children. Weeks later, all four Eichers are dead. Emily Thornhill, one of the few women journalists in the Chicago press, becomes deeply invested in understanding what happened to this beautiful family, particularly to the youngest child, Annabel, an enchanting girl with a precocious imagination and sense of magic. Bold and intrepid, Emily allies herself with a banker who is wracked by guilt for not saving Asta. Emily goes to West Virginia to cover the murder trial and to investigate the story herself, accompanied by a charming and unconventional photographer who is equally drawn to the case. Driven by secrets of their own, the heroic characters in this magnificent tale will stop at nothing to ensure that Powers is convicted. Mesmerizing and deeply moving, Quiet Dell is a tragedy, a love story, and a tour de force of obsession and imagination from one of AmericaâÈçs most celebrated writers.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8063
- Title
- QUIET DELL; A Novel
- Author
- Phillips, Jayne Anne
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1439172536
- ISBN 13
- 9781439172537
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York Loondon Toronto Sydney New Delhi
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- serial killer, America, death, Chicago, west virginia, widow, seduction, trial, love story
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