An American Visitor
by Cary, Joyce
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. N.D.. 1/4 Cloth. An edgeworn edition in Nearly Fine condition in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket ; Joyce Cary's new novel, tells the story of Alice and her two young daughters as they navigate the perils and pleasures of life in a small town in upstate New York in the early 1970s. At first, the girls are excited to have a visitor from America - their father has been away for so long. But soon they come to understand that the town is not as welcoming as they had hoped. When Alice's husband returns, he is not the same man she left behind. With the support of her friends, Alice must find her way back to her family and to her own sense of self.; 8vo; 247 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57704
- Title
- An American Visitor
- Author
- Cary, Joyce
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- N.D.
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