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Child of My Heart
by McDermott, Alice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002-12-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. A clean and tight copy. Dust jacket has a bad scuff on front cover, otherwise as new. 242 pp.
Reviews
On Aug 31 2015, The Old Library Bookshop said:
It's been a long time since I fell under the spell of Alice McDermott's masterful novel, "Charming Billy," and I had almost forgotten how enchanting a McDermott story can be. Then, recently, I read her short story about Sr. St. Xavier in a current edition of The New Yorker magazine and ran to the bookshop to get my hands on any and all McDermott novels I had missed. Like most of her stories, this book's characters are Irish-American Catholics of the 1950s and '60s. The story's narrator is Theresa, an exceptional teenager (almost unbelievably exceptional, the novel's only flaw as far as I was concerned). Theresa possesses not only exceptional beauty, but also a nature that endears her to everyone she meets. She has a special way with children and animals and spends her summers sitting for the children and pets of the Long Island upper crust. The novel encompasses one brief summer shared with Theresa's younger cousin Daisy. Theresa and Daisy both sense the the fragility of the happiness they share, as they conspire to hide the many bruises popping up on Daisy's tiny body. If there is such a thing as a sweet sadness, then this novel fills the bill to a tee.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JCOSmcderChild
- Title
- Child of My Heart
- Author
- McDermott, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374121230
- ISBN 13
- 9780374121235
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002-12-12
- Size
- 8x5x1
- X weight
- 14 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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