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Anthropology of an American Girl
by Hamann, Hilary Thayer
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0385527144
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527149
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Spiegel & Grau, 2010. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. First Edition/First Printing Thus. New book, opened only for signing. Brodart protected, ships in a box.. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
Self-published in 2003, Hilary Thayer Hamann's Anthropology of an American Girl touched a nerve among readers, who identified with the sexual and intellectual awakening of its heroine, a young woman on the brink of adulthood. A moving depiction of the transformative power of first love, Hamann's first novel follows Eveline Auerbach from her high school years in East Hampton, New York, in the 1970s through her early adulthood in the moneyed, high-pressured Manhattan of the 1980s. Centering on Evie's fragile relationship with her family and her thwarted love affair with Harrison Rourke, a professional boxer, the novel is both a love story and an exploration of the difficulty of finding one's place in the world. As Evie surrenders to the dazzling emotional highs of love and the crippling loneliness of heartbreak, she strives to reconcile her identity with the constraints that all relationships--whether those familial or romantic, uplifting to the spirit or quietly detrimental--inherently place on us. Though she stumbles and strains against social conventions, Evie remains a strong yet sensitive observer of the world around her, often finding beauty and meaning in unexpected places. Newly edited and revised since its original publication, Anthropology of an American Girl is an extraordinary piece of writing, original in its vision and thrilling in its execution.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- Anthropology of an American Girl
- Author
- Hamann, Hilary Thayer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0385527144
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527149
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2010
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