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A Boy Like Astrid's Mother (Signed By Author)
by Briskin, Mae
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0393026035
- ISBN 13
- 9780393026030
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. ..........*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.......WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........Summary - .A woman extends her love to a runaway child; an Italian peasant harbors Jews during the Nazi occupation; a daughter tries to define her scratchy relationship with her aged parents. In these, and other intimate encounters, Mae Briskin, a grand new talent, explores compassion, rage, distrust, fear, faith. Her Lyrical 'narration deals with friends, parents, and children, husbands and wives, victims and rescuers, Christians and Jews...The first section choronicles American society of the past fifty years, while the second explores a smaller space and briefer time--northern and central Itally, 1943 to 1945--where a tiny part of Europe's population risked their lives to shelter Jews. .endurancae of humaneness in a century which has seen the depths of human cruelty.".
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- Bookseller
- Mirror Image Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070806203
- Title
- A Boy Like Astrid's Mother (Signed By Author)
- Author
- Briskin, Mae
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393026035
- ISBN 13
- 9780393026030
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- FICTION SHORT STORIES SINGLE AUTHOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed By Author, Illustrator;
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