Beauty Queen
by Linda Glovach
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 006205161X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062051615
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: HarperCollins Children's Books , 2010 HarperCollins Children's Books, New York. 2010. Hardcover. 14th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light rubbing to boards. No DJ. Black paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 168 pp 12mo. Even though this is fiction, reading this diary of a heroine addict is like watching someone fall into an abyss: knowing a crash is inevitable, but wondering how soon and how hard rock bottom will be. The narrator, 19-year-old Samantha Strasbourg, seems doomed from the beginning, living with an alcoholic mother and her mother's abusive boyfriend, and working a dead-end job at a fast-food restaurant. When Sam moves into her own apartment, she appears to be taking a positive step; however, new-found independence breeds a different set of problems, like raising enough money for rent. Sam starts dancing in a topless bar to raise more cash--and starts using heroin to release her inhibitions on stage. Her downward spiral gains momentum as the drug begins to take over her life. Although ""skin popping"" makes Sam feel like she is in ""heaven,"" her existence grows increasingly hellish as her health deteriorates and her sense of judgment rapidly declines. Glovach pulls no punches describing the seductive power of heroin as well as identifying its destructive effects. The author's first-person narrative has the effect of sucking readers into the tiny world inside Sam's head, where choices are few, and good and evil are indiscernible. A thoroughly credible glimpse of addiction. A clean very presentable copy.
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On May 28 2017, a reader said:
I've red this book 3 times . I love it if there was a movie made about it I would most definitely watch it !
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013736
- Title
- Beauty Queen
- Author
- Linda Glovach
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006205161X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062051615
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Children's Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- drug abuse, fiction, addiction fiction, heroin, heroin abuse, stripper, alcoholism, substance abuse, drug spiral,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.