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SHEER ABANDON; A Novel / Penny Vincenzi
by Vincenzi, Penny
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385519885
- ISBN 13
- 9780385519885
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 2007. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the tite page,, tall 8vo, light red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a young woman wearing a long string of pearls, 626 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 2 oz. Penelope / "Penny" Vincenzi (1939 - 2018) was a #1 Bestselling British novelist, who wrote 17 novels and 2 collections of stories. SHEER ABANDON was first published in England during 2005. It's a story about three young professional women; one abandoned child; love, careers, and searches for identity and meaning. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright and clean As New cloth with price-clipped & otherwise Very Fine dj. Heavy book that will require extra postage for overseas' shipment.
Synopsis
A number-one bestseller from one of Britain's most popular novelists, Sheer Abandon is an all-consuming story revolving around the consequences of a desperate act . . . Martha, Clio, and Jocasta meet by chance at Heathrow airport in 1985 as they are starting off on separate backpacking adventures, and they decide to spend the first few days of their trips together in Thailand. When they go their separate ways, they vow to get together in London the following year. But many years pass before the three cross paths again, and the once-capricious, carefree girls now all have thriving careers. One of them, however, harbors a terrible secret: On her return from her pre-college excursion, she abandoned her just-born daughter at Heathrow. Clio has fulfilled her ambition of becoming a doctor, only to find herself trapped in a marriage to an arrogant surgeon who belittles her and her professional achievements. Martha is a highly paid corporate lawyer, just embarking on a political career. Dedicated to her job, she has had little time for personal relationships and lives a busy, but lonely life. Jocasta, a tabloid newspaper reporter with an infallible instinct for the big story, is in love with a charming colleague who can't make the permanent commitment she longs for. The infant abandoned at Heathrow has grown up under the loving care of her adoptive family. Now a beautiful teenager named Kate, she sets out to find her birth mother--a quest that unexpectedly brings the women together and exposes the secret buried so many years before. Impossible to put down, Sheer Abandon is top-notch women's fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5637
- Title
- SHEER ABANDON; A Novel / Penny Vincenzi
- Author
- Vincenzi, Penny
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385519885
- ISBN 13
- 9780385519885
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- abandoned children, female friendship, women, professions, law, journalism, Heathrow, search, identity, love
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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