New York: Scribner, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Green and brown hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author above her name on the title page. A near fine copy of this book with the slightest shelf-wear to the edges and sunning to the front text-block edge. Clean, tight and unread. Unclipped dustjacket is not as good as the book with damage to the front panel - soil and a splotch of paper loss on the nest picture. 191 pp., a collection of short stories from this Oregon native.

Synopsis

Robin Romm's arresting and resonant stories take on the fundamental themes of the human condition: mortality, loyalty, and love. In fresh and irreverent prose, Romm captures the mo-ments before and after loss, mining the depths of grief with wit and grace. The stories in The Mother Garden are at once vividly realistic and infused with the bizarre -- a man uses a chicken egg to test whether he is ready for fatherhood; a daughter plants a garden of mothers to replace her own; a family's ghosts literally fall through the ceiling, disrupting daily life; a woman finds her father sleeping in the desert after twenty-six years of living without him. People stumble in relationships, start families, struggle with illness, learn to mourn -- and as in life, these acts are consuming, magical, and disorienting. Sharply funny and deeply moving, this extraordinary collection introduces a young writer of fierce originality and prodigious talent.

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Bookseller: Tangible Tales (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 509
Title: The Mother Garden - Stories
Author: Romm, Robin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 1416539026
ISBN 13: 9781416539025
Publisher: Scribner
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2007
Keywords: fiction literature signed first edition autographed short stories
Bookseller catalogs: Literature; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Short Stories (single author);

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