The Lonely Girl
by O'Brien, Edna
The New York Times Book Review hailed The Country Girls, the first book in Edna O'Brien's critically acclaimed trilogy, as "Powerful. Intelligent. Ironic. A treasure."
The Lonely Girl continues the story of childhood friends Kate and Baba, now both twenty-one, as they navigate the rocky, sometimes treacherous pathways of urban life. With hearts as big as Dublin, and hopes as bright as new pennies, they move bravely and eagerly toward the future. Yet the two couldn't be more different. Kate toils in a grocery shop and lives out her romantic fantasies in books. Baba entertains more earthbound dreams. Their principles—and friendship—are tested when Kate meets a dashing married man, and discovers the exhilaration of passion...and the consequences of falling in love.
A novel that combines the teeming ethos of big-city life with the ambitions and yearnings of two emerging young women, The Lonely Girl is a stellar achievement from one of Ireland's finest storytellers.
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The Lonely Girl
by O'BRIEN Edna
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- 1962
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1962 unclipped DW minor handling soiling and a short split at head of upper joint, some minotr foxing to edges of dust jacket and closed page edges, top edge dust soiled, a tidy but aged copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Item Price
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The Lonely Girl
by Edna O'Brien
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Jonathan Cape, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 1962. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First Edition . First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good book in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. The front fly leaf of the book is clipped and the book is slightly slanted (read). The Jacket has some overall soiling, rubbing and wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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by O'Brien, Edna
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by O'BRIEN EDNA
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London: Cape, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. An early novel from this Irish writer. A close to near fine copy with a slight lean. No D/W although this copy is certainly good enough to take one. Item Price
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by O'Brien, Edna
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The Lonely Girl
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The Lonely Girl (Unabridged Audiobook)
by O'Brien, Edna
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- good in good dust jacket. Ships today! Order processed within minutes of your purchase! In business since 1975! Near like new ta
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- 1988
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London: Chivers Audio Books, 1988. Audiobook cassette. good in good dust jacket. Ships today! Order processed within minutes of your purchase! In business since 1975! Near like new tapes. As pictured in good factory clamshell; audiobook unabridged edition.. 1 6 tapes. Audience: General/trade. 6x9x1rOw authb / hall 040708 Item Price
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The Lonely Girl
by O'Brien, Edna
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