Search Results: Titles starting with U from The Book Closet

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, 2015 Some bumping to edges; spine is tight and pages are clean. "Florida, 1935. In Heron Key, relationships are as tangled as the swamp's mangrove roots. It's been eighteen long years since Henry went away to war. Still, Missy has waited, cleaning the Kincarids' house and counting the stars. Now he's back, but she barely recognizes the desperate, destitute veteran he's become -- unsure of his future, ashamed of his past. When a white woman is found beatn nearly to death after the Fourth of July barbecue, suspicion falls on him immediately. As tensions rise in the small community, the barometer starts to plummet -- a massive hurricane is on its way." -- from the back cover

New York: Warner Books, 2004 Blue boards with light blue cloth overlay; signed by author on title page; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. "Ariana Costas may have moved to Vermont, but the college professor's still a Jersey girl at heart -- at least according to her wacky Greek family, a lovable clan of eccentrics that includes one spirited, foot-stomping monkey." -- from the dj

New York: Random House, 1988 1st American Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1998 Brown boards with black tape binding; dj is not price clipped, but has minor shelf wear.

New York: Delacorte Press, 2013 Red boards with black tape binding; silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; state first edition with full number line. "Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent whose latest case has him posing as Bill Black, a scary ex-con who rides a motorcycle around Macon, Georgia, and trails an air of violence wherever he goes. The cover has worked and he has caught the eye of a wiry little drugdealer who thinks he might be a useful ally." -- from the dj

New York: Warner Books, 1998 Purple boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. "...Here, in fiction that penetrates to the heart of evil, a powerful, psychotic killer returns to his hometown, where a desperate woman - deaf and alone on an isolated ranch with her young son - becomes a pawn in his game of pay-back and revenge." -- from the dj

New York: Random House, 2005 Blue boards with blue tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price clipped. "'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold hism other's hand. he wasn't acting then.' So begins John Irving's eleventh novel, 'Until I Find You,' the story of the actor Jack Burns. His mother, Alice, is a Toronto tattoo artist. When Jack is four, he travels with Allice to find Jack's missing father, William, a church organist who is addicted to being tattooed. But Allice is a mystery, and William can't be found. Even Jack's memories are subject to doubt." -- from the dj

New York: Random House, 2005. Blue boards with blue tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price clipped. "'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold hism other's hand. he wasn't acting then.' So begins John Irving's eleventh novel, 'Until I Find You,' the story of the actor Jack Burns. His mother, Alice, is a Toronto tattoo artist. When Jack is four, he travels with Allice to find Jack's missing father, William, a church organist who is addicted to being tattooed. But Allice is a mystery, and William can't be found. Even Jack's memories are subject to doubt." -- from the dj. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.