DEAD WOMAN'S SISTER by Birmelin, Blair T - 1985

New York: Schocken, 1985. F/VG+; 212 pages; First edition, first printing; Fine in blue cloth titled in silver, in a Very Good+ unclipped dustjacket, lightest wear at front corners and edges. From the jacket: On the upper reaches of Manhattan's Riverside Drive, an old lady steps out of her apartment to begin a new life. Three women will be the successive agents of her metamorphosis.... 'The Dead Woman's Sister' reminds us of how complex and unexpected a part a person can play in another's drama, and how relative is one's view of who is star and who is supporting cast.... Here is an important and original book, at once a marvelous study of an individual woman and a comment on every woman's difficult journey to adulthood." Author's second novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.