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Published by Virago Press (an Imprint of Little, Brown Book Group), 2013
ISBN 10: 1844089266ISBN 13: 9781844089260
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Little, Brown Book Group, London: virago press, 1998., 1998
ISBN 10: 1860494676ISBN 13: 9781860494673
Seller: Saturday Books, Dudley, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. pb, good cond. 16/03/2015.
Published by Virago/Little Brown Book Group, 2018
ISBN 10: 0349010676ISBN 13: 9780349010670
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.19.
Published by Virago Press (an Imprint of Little, Brown Book Group), London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844084795ISBN 13: 9781844084791
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. First edition, first printing. Light wear to the jacket edges. Three or four slightly dog eared page corners. The pages are clean and sound; all text is clear. CM. Used.
Published by Virago Press (an Imprint of Little, Brown Book Group), London, 1998
ISBN 10: 1860494765ISBN 13: 9781860494765
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover; unclipped jacket. First edition, first printing. Bumps to the jacket and hardcover spine feet. Very good condition with clean and sound pages. CM. Used.
Published by Little, Brown Book Group Virago, 2024
ISBN 10: 0349017166ISBN 13: 9780349017167
Seller: Kanic Books, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
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Condition: New. New. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. I Ships from multiple Locations I "Special Note" We do not Provide Service On APO & PO BOX Box addresses. Delivery with In 7-14 working Day Only. This Books ship from the United Kingdom & USA other locations in India depending on your location and availability.
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Published by Little, Brown Book Group Virago
ISBN 10: 0349017670ISBN 13: 9780349017679
Seller: Kanic Books, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
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Condition: New. New. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. I Ships from multiple Locations I "Special Note" We do not Provide Service On APO & PO BOX Box addresses. Delivery with In 7-14 working Day Only. This Books ship from the United Kingdom & USA other locations in India depending on your location and availability.
Published by Virago/Little, Brown Book Group, London,, 2012
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Octavo; paperback; 307pp., b&w illustrations. Toned text block edges, creased spine and mild wear to edges. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story, this biography, written by Nica's great niece, traces an extraordinary journey, from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally to New York's 1950s jazz scene. From the moment Nica heard 'Round Midnight', the music overtook her like a spell and she spent the rest of her life befriending and assisting the musicians, above all Thelonious Monk, whom she cared for until his death.
Published by Little, Brown Book Group Virago, 2024
ISBN 10: 0349018766ISBN 13: 9780349018768
Seller: Kanic Books, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
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Published by Little, Brown Book Group; Virago Press, 2000
Seller: Librodifaccia, Alessandria, AL, Italy
Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: costa e copertina logorate Condizioni dell'interno: ingiallite.
Published by Little, Brown Book Group; Virago Press, 2009
Seller: Librodifaccia, Alessandria, AL, Italy
Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: copertina leggermente logorata ai bordi Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.
Published by Virago Press (Little, Brown Book Group), London, 2020
ISBN 10: 0349011818ISBN 13: 9780349011813
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition, Signed. First UK edition, hardcover, signed by Robinson, has a tiny lean to the binding, very small bumps to the spine ends, and a very minor touch of bowing to the covers, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has very mild wear to the spine ends and corners, and a hint of rubbing. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.
Published by Virago Press - Little, Brown Book Group., London., 2021
ISBN 10: 0349011575ISBN 13: 9780349011578
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OBroschur. 558 Seiten mit 16 Seiten Fotografien. Zustand: Broschurränder minimal berieben, Vortitelblatt mit rotem Buntstift bekritzelt. Size: Gr.-8°.
Published by Brown Book Group Virago Little Jul 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 0349012318ISBN 13: 9780349012315
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'An indelible portrait of a brilliant, beautiful, mad and maddening woman, expressing the joy of holding her mercurial attention and also the terrible cost of that intimacy.No-one who reads this captivating book will ever forget Maman' Andrew SolomonA prize-winning tour de force when it came out in France, this brilliant translation of Violaine Huisman's 'witty, immersive autofiction showcases a Parisian childhood with a charismatic, depressed parent' (Oprah Daily. Beautiful and magnetic, Catherine, aka 'Maman', smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard and loves too extravagantly. During a joyful and chaotic childhood, her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way.But when Maman is hospitalised after a third divorce and breakdown, everything changes. Even as Violaine and her sister long for their mother's return, once she's back Maman's violent mood swings and flagrant disregard for personal boundaries soon turn their home into an emotional landmine. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and coming of age unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive.With spectacular ferocity of language, a streak of dark humor and stunning emotional bravery, The Book of Mother is an exquisitely wrought story of a mother's dizzying heights and devastating lows, and a daughter who must hold her memory close in order to let go. 224 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Published by Virago Press, an imprint of Little Brown Book Group, 100 Victoria Embankment, London First Edition . London 2008., 2008
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original racing green paper covers, red title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 9781844082698. Contains [xi] 334 printed pages of text, green patterned end papers. A little wear to the bottom of the spine, near Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).
Published by Published by Virago Press, Little, Brown Book Group, 100 Victoria Embankment, London First Edition . 2015., 2015
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tawny brown cloth covered boards, gilt back, end paper maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Full printer's key 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Fictional story of Beryl Markham. Contains 373 pp. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781844088287 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Published by Brown Book Group Virago Little Jul 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0349014094ISBN 13: 9780349014098
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -From the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest.'Epic, magnificent, beautiful. A perfect work of art and craft and such a good story. I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' Philippa Perry'Magnificent. flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy. I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' Nigella Lawson'What an amazing novel. Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters. spectacular' David MorrisseyIt's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer. 288 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Little, Brown Book Group, Virago Apr 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0349017158ISBN 13: 9780349017150
Seller: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Wonderful . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist______________________________A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers:Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeymi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie and Ali Smith - introduced by Sandi Toksvig. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.'A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike' Guardian'Delightful, thought-provoking' Louisa Young, Perspectives 304 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Virago Press (Imprint of Little, Brown Book Group), London, 2021
ISBN 10: 0349013152ISBN 13: 9780349013152
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Onuzo on the title page, has a touch of wear to the tail of the spine, otherwise a solid, tight, sharp Near Fine copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which is wrapped in a Mylar cover.
Published by Virago Press / Little Brown Book Group, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844086038ISBN 13: 9781844086030
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover by Peter Horridge (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Mid blue covers with design and titling in white, no jacket as issued. Some edge wear to top and bottom of covers and spine, spine slightly faded, slight lean, some slight cockling to cloth of front cover, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, price on back cover (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy. 309pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica, known as Nica, seemed to have it all. Children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early 1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandoned her marriage to go and find him. Arriving in New York, Nica was shunned by society but accepted by the musicians. They gave her friendship, she gave them material and emotional support. Her convertible Bentley was a familiar sight outside the clubs and she drank whisky from a hip flask disguised as a Bible. Her notoriety was sealed when drug addicted saxophonist Charlie Parker died in her apartment. But her real love was reserved for Monk, whom she cared for until his death in 1982. 'The Baroness' traces Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey, from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally to the creative ferment of the New York jazz scene. Hannah Rothschild's search to solve the mystery of her rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story. Quite scarce in this Virago first edition.
Published by Virago Press / Little Brown Book Group, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1844088316ISBN 13: 9781844088317
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Peter James Field (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, a couple of small faint biro marks to front jacket, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 343pp. London 1897 and a young girl, Valentine Grey, arrives in England. She's been brought up in the remote and sunny climes of India and finds being forced into corsets and skirts in damp and cold country insufferable. The only bright spot, her exciting cousin, Reggie. Reggie, and his lover Frank seek out the adventure the clandestine bars and streets of London offer and are happy to include Valentine in their secret, showing her theatre, gardens, even teaching her how to ride a bicycle. And then comes the Boer War and Reggie's father volunteers him, the empire must be defended. But it won't be Reggie who dons the Volunteer Regiment's garb. Valentine takes her chance, puts on her cousin's uniform, leaving Reggie behind and heads off to war. And for a long while it's glorious and liberating for both of the cousins, but war is not glorious and in Victorian London homosexuality is not liberating. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Little, Brown Book Group, Virago, 2005
ISBN 10: 1844081257ISBN 13: 9781844081257
Seller: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - THE BESTSELLING NOVEL WHICH CREATED A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON 'A perfect bedside companion for the post-Bridget Jones generation' DAILY TELEGRAPH (CANADA) 'Hillis's book gave rise to 'Live Alone' accessories, including cocktail shakers, china dogs and negligees' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'She was boldly leading a vanguard of young women into a self-reliant, judgment-free future' NATIONAL This 1936 bestseller sold over 100,000 copies in the first two months of its release. Marjorie Hillis, a 1930s Vogue editor, provides a stylish, no-nonsense guide to living and loving single life. Written with wisdom, humour and panache, this is advice that will never go out of fashion. She takes women through the fundamentals of living alone by showing them how to create a welcoming environment and cultivate home-friendly hobbies, 'for no woman can accept an invitation every night without coming to grief'.'Chances are that at sometime in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence. You may do it from choice. Lots of people do . Whether you view your one-woman menage as Doom or Adventure (and whether you are twenty-six or sixty-six), you need a plan'Who can resist a book with chapters such as 'A Lady and Her Liquor', 'Pleasures of a Single Bed' and 'Solitary Refinement' Live Alone and Like It is sure to appeal to 'live-aloners' and those considering taking the plunge.With beautiful and stylish line drawings by a Vogue illustrator. 160 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Little, Brown Book Group, Virago, 2008
ISBN 10: 1844085635ISBN 13: 9781844085637
Seller: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S MOST GIFTED AMERICAN WRITERS 'Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such . . . reverence' MARGARET ATWOOD'Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten' ALICE WALKER'There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness' KIRKUS REVIEWS Tillie Olsen carved a permanent place in American literature on the strength of a single book, Tell Me a Riddle in 1962. This collection was widely hailed as a work of genius, in which the voices of ordinary Americans, black and white, male and female, were given their own rhythms and forms of expression.Yonnondio, Olsen's only novel, was begun during the depression and completed in 1974. It tells the story of the Hollbrooks, an itinerant working-class family in America during the thirties. Brutalised by poverty, they struggle to find a space to breathe, to dream and to create a bettter life for their children. Told in compelling, haunting prose, it is a profound and timeless story of the human will to survive. 336 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Virago/Little, Brown Book Group, London, England, 2021
ISBN 10: 0349013152ISBN 13: 9780349013152
Seller: BJ's Book Barn, Kennesaw, GA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Stated First Edition - first printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket in protective cover. 305 pages without index. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Virago / Little Brown Book Group 2018, 2018
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, mustard yellow eps, 214pp, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (moderate brusing to spine extrems and cover edges, dampstain upper spine and rear cover).
Published by London. Virago Press/Little Brown Book Group, 2013
ISBN 10: 1844087409ISBN 13: 9781844087402
Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London. Virago Press/Little Brown Book Group. 2013. No edition remarks. Hard Cover. Medium 8to 6.125 x 9.25 (15.6 x 23.5cm). approx. 311 pp. Dark green cloth boards with silver titles to the spine. Design to the jacket by Sophie Burdess. Flat signed by the author without dedication direct to the title page. Many photographs in the text. Book and jacket are fine. In this book Rachel Cooke tells the story of ten extraordinary women whose pioneering professional lives - and complicated private lives - paved the way for future generations. Muriel Box, film director. Betty Box, film producer. Margery Fish, plantswoman. Patience Gray, cook. Alison Smithson, architect. Sheila van Damm, rally car driver and theatre owner. Nancy Spain, journalist and radio personality. Joan Werner Laurie, editor. Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist. Rose Heilbron, QC. Plucky and ambitious, they left the house, discovered the bliss of work, and ushered in the era of the working woman. This is the Fifties, retold: vivid, surprising and, most of all, modern. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival protective sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Virago / Little Brown Book Group, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 0349015481ISBN 13: 9780349015484
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Nico Taylor (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, WITHOUT DEDICATION, ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£18.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 504pp. Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fiancé, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin's parents get to know Joe's firebrand feminist mother, both families must confront the unravelling of long held secrets, lies and betrayals. As Yasmin dismantles her own assumptions about the people she holds most dear, she's also forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a 'love marriage' actually means. 'Love Marriage' is a story about who we are and how we love in today's Britain, with all the complications and contradictions of life, desire, marriage and family. What starts as a captivating social comedy develops into a heart breaking and gripping story of two cultures, two families and two people trying to understand one another. Quite scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Virago / Little Brown Book Group, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 0349009945ISBN 13: 9780349009940
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Nico Taylor (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN HEAVY BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top back corners slightly bruised, 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front jacket, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks unread. 343pp. Her career as a filmmaker is on standby, she hasn't had a girlfriend in forever, her best friend is sickeningly successful (and being awkward since that night) and her dad is dying of cancer. So the invitation from Cork Film Festival comes like a sign, a chance to explore the Irish homeland she's never seen. But this isn't just any search for long lost ancestry. Charlie's father is the sole survivor of a tragic accident that killed every other child on the small island where he grew up, and Charlie's one achievement is the film she made that tells his story. It's only when she arrives in Ireland that she fears his story may have been a lie. The site of the tragedy yields suspicious clues. The friendly locals turn hostile. And what felt like her heritage, her home, starts to become a trap. With a sharp eye and sour tongue, Caroline O'Donoghue delivers a delicious contemporary fable of prodigal return. Blisteringly honest, funny and moving, it grapples with Irishness, authenticity and how to define yourself when you don't know your history. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London Virago Press, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 1844085309ISBN 13: 9781844085309
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Condition: As New. First Edition, first impression, with author's handwritten dedication 'Best Wishes, Rosemary, Joan Bakewell' in black ink. Publisher's red cloth with silver lettering to spine, and grey endpapers. Clear, removable, Brodart archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. [8], 341, [3]. A book in Fine condition in a Fine dust-jacket which is not price-clipped.
Published by Virago Press / Little Brown Book Group, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 0349005443ISBN 13: 9780349005447
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket photo by Gael Elton Mayo (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '3 5 7 910 8 6 4 2'. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy. 448pp. Most famous for 'The Wilder Shores of Love', her book about four women travellers, Lesley Blanch (1904-2007), was a scholarly romantic and a bold writer. Her lifelong passion was for Russia, the Balkans and the Middle East. At heart a nomad, she spent the greater part of her life travelling the remote areas her books record so vividly. Born in 1904, she died aged 103, having gone from being a household name to a mysterious and neglected living legend. She was writing about her eccentric Edwardian childhood at her death and that work, never before published, now forms the beginning of this wonderful memoir. Lesley Blanch chose to 'escape the boredom of convention', having first worked as a theatre designer and illustrator, she became British Vogue's features editor during World War II and then, in 1946 she sailed from England to travel the world with her diplomat novelist husband, Romain Gary. By the time they reached Hollywood in the late 1950s they were literary celebrities. When Gary left her for the young actress, Jean Seberg, Blanch headed East and travelled across Siberia, Outer Mongolia, Turkey, Iran, Samarkand, Afghanistan, Egypt, the Sahara, making her mark as an indefatigable and generous travel writer. Edited by her goddaughter Georgia de Chamberet, who was working with her in her centenary year, this book collects together the story of Blanch's marriage, previously published only in French, a selection of her journalism which brings to life the artistic melting pot that was London between the wars; and a selection of her most evocative travel pieces, to create the story of a fascinating, bohemian, and, at times outrageous, life that spanned the twentieth century. Quite a scarce book.