Pert, tart, often perfect stories from the eastern seaboard of the USA. Every one of these stories is knowing, wry, sad, funny, engaging, full of unexpected detail, perceptive in the extreme. Heidi Jon Schmidt has an ear for dialogue, but more so for what is unsaid, for the huge chasms of unspoken communication in everyday life. Her heroes are the ever-so-slightly left-of-centre misfits, who are certain there is something missing from their lives but can't quite work out what. Whether her subject is an eleven-year ... Read More
Pert, tart, often perfect stories from the eastern seaboard of the USA. Every one of these stories is knowing, wry, sad, funny, engaging, full of unexpected detail, perceptive in the extreme. Heidi Jon Schmidt has an ear for dialogue, but more so for what is unsaid, for the huge chasms of unspoken communication in everyday life. Her heroes are the ever-so-slightly left-of-centre misfits, who are certain there is something missing from their lives but can't quite work out what. Whether her subject is an eleven-year-old girl grieving for her dog, a middle-aged man whose wife has left him and must return to live with his mother, an elderly lady whose husband has Alzheimers, a ninety-year-old revered poet, a group of talentless but wildly enthusiastic would-be novelists, she invests them with a credibility that makes one care passionately for them. Read Less
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC plus. Picador, 2001. First US edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small mark on the edge of the cover) with Dj(a couple of small nicks, crease and ink marks on the Dj cover), both in VGC plus. Nice and clean pages but with a small black marker mark on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. The book is in VGC except for the marker mark.245pp. Price un-clipped.
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New in New jacket. Signed by Author(s) New York: Picador USA [2001]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very fine/very fine in all respects, a pristine unread copy, never opened except for signing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Comes with protective mylar dust jacket cover.
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Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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