New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374121230 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED and inscribed ("For Maia, Happy 14th!") on title page by Alice McDermott. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. 8vo. 242 pp. In protective Mylar. ; Signed by Author .

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On Aug 31 2015, The Old Library Bookshop said:

It's been a long time since I fell under the spell of Alice McDermott's masterful novel, "Charming Billy," and I had almost forgotten how enchanting a McDermott story can be. Then, recently, I read her short story about Sr. St. Xavier in a current edition of The New Yorker magazine and ran to the bookshop to get my hands on any and all McDermott novels I had missed. Like most of her stories, this book's characters are Irish-American Catholics of the 1950s and '60s. The story's narrator is Theresa, an exceptional teenager (almost unbelievably exceptional, the novel's only flaw as far as I was concerned). Theresa possesses not only exceptional beauty, but also a nature that endears her to everyone she meets. She has a special way with children and animals and spends her summers sitting for the children and pets of the Long Island upper crust. The novel encompasses one brief summer shared with Theresa's younger cousin Daisy. Theresa and Daisy both sense the the fragility of the happiness they share, as they conspire to hide the many bruises popping up on Daisy's tiny body. If there is such a thing as a sweet sadness, then this novel fills the bill to a tee.

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Bookseller: KULTURAs books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 81854
Title: Child of My Heart (Signed)
Author: McDermott, Alice
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0374121230
ISBN 13: 9780374121235
Publisher: Farrar, Straus And Giroux
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2002
Keywords: 0374121230, Charming Billy

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