THE BIG GIRLS
by Moore, Susanna
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Moore's sixth novel features four radically different persons, each with a surprising connection to the others. There is Helen, serving a life sentence in a federal women's prison for the murder of her children; Dr. Louise Forrest, new chief of psychiatry at the prison; Angie, an ambitious Hollywood starlet, intent only on celebrity and fame; and Ike Bradshaw, a corrections officer, formerly a New York narcotics detective. A tiny dot on bottom edge of text; page 79-80 is slightly wrinkled as if a paperclip had been used for a bookmark, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minor surface and edgewear.
Synopsis
Helen is serving a life sentence at Sloatsburg women's prison for the murder of her children. Dr. Louise Forrest, a recently divorced mother of an eight-year-old boy, is the new chief of psychiatry there. Captain Ike Bradshaw is the corrections officer who wants her. And Angie, an ambitious Hollywood starlet contacted by Helen, is intent on nothing but fame. Drawing these four characters together in a story of shocking and disturbing revelations, The Big Girls is an electrifying novel about the anarchy of families, the sometimes destructive power of maternal instinct, and the cult of celebrity.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004226
- Title
- THE BIG GIRLS
- Author
- Moore, Susanna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, CRIME, INSANITY, PSYCHIATRY, PRISON,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Mystery; Crime;
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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