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The Year of Fog [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Richmond, Michelle
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New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on the title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new, with dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve, except for a creased corner on the inner front dust. jacket panel. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 369 p. Audience: General/trade. 'Autographed at Books Inc' sticker. A Silicon Valley Reads selection by the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize-, Hillsdale Award for Fiction-, Associated Writing Programs Award-, and Mississippi Review Fiction Prize-winning author of 'Golden State' and 'Dream of the Blue Room'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason--photographer, fiancee soon-to-be-stepmother--looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth behind a child's disappearance, and of one woman's unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love--all made startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond's incandescent sensitivity and extraordinary insight.Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving Pacific. Or somewhere just beyond: to a parking lot, a stranger's van, or a road with traffic flashing by. Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a stepmother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. And so she searches for clues about what happened that morning--and cannot stop the flood of memories reaching from her own childhood to illuminate that irreversible moment on the beach.Now, as the days drag into weeks, as the police lose interest and fliers fade on telephone poles, Emma's father finds solace in religion and scientific probability--but Abby can only wander the beaches and city streets, attempting to recover the past and the little girl she lost. With her life at a crossroads, she will leave San Francisco for a country thousands of miles away. And there, by the side of another sea, on a journey that has led her to another man and into a strange subculture of wanderers and surfers, Abby will make the most astounding discovery of all--as the truth of Emma's disappearance unravels with stunning force.A profoundly original novel of family, loss, and hope--of the choices we make and the choices made for us--The Year of Fog beguiles with the mysteries of time and memory even as it lays bare the deep and wondrous workings of the human heart. The result is a mesmerizing tour de force that will touch anyone who knows what it means to love a child.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- The Year of Fog [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Richmond, Michelle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
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- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385340117
- ISBN 13
- 9780385340113
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 384
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