Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Little Brown & Company, 2001. BX2 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition and a dust jacket in very good condition. Stated first edition with a sequence of numbers appearing on the copyright page with the "1" present and no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in peach paper covered boards quarter bound in red paper with metallic blue lettering on the spine and a blind stamped graphic on the front with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel set in the Caribbean. The main character is recovering there from an unusual illness that has left her weak and uneasy. She begins a journey into her past looking for the nanny who raised her, who had come from the island of St. Clair and who had died there recently. The young woman arrives at the funeral and upon meeting the family becomes aware how much this woman had given up to raise her as well as how little she actually knew about her nanny. 259p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 5.75"x8.5". Ex-Library.

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Now in paperback, the acclaimed first novel that movingly charts the intersection of two lives, two worlds -- the story of a fierce and untameable young girl, growing up "privileged" in a New England household darkened by her parents' epically unhappy marriage, and the Caribbean nanny who has left her own family a thousand miles behind to live among strangers. At the heart of this vibrant and emotionally searing novel is a tale of finding a sense of belonging in an unexpected place.-- Ideal for reading groups -- with a bound-in reading group guide. A novel sure to spark discussion about parent/child relationships.

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Seller: Bookmarc's (US)
Seller's Inventory #: SCW09911
Title: All the Finest Girls: A Novel
Author: Styron, Alexandra
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0316890804
ISBN 13: 9780316890809
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: Fiction Literary Literature Caribbean Area Psychological Fiction Nanny Nannies St Clair Saint Clair
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
Size: 5.75"x8.5"

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