Songs My Mother Taught Me by Thomas, Audrey - 1974

Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1974. First Printing. Paperback. The front cover, next to the spine, is creased from reading. The spine is not creased from reading. The pages are clean, no tears or soiling. The pages and binding are tight. All three page edges are yellow stained. There is a scratch/crease in the middle of the front cover. There is a brown stain along the bottom of the back cover that has not touched the pages. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 213 pages; The odyssey of a young girl who found love in a lonely world…and joy in becoming a woman. A stunning and inspiring story about growing up in the early 1950's. As a small child Isobel was brilliant, willful, friendless…and fully aware of her need to escape from a hopelessly unhappy family. At 17 she broke free, by entering an extraordinary world which most people found "unpleasant"…but where she found warmth, understanding and tenderness. Will combine shipping on more than one book. .