The Green Road.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.Stated First Edition.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no US$ price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around,matt,landscape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,embossed,glossy white-lettered author name+title to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip similarly coloured+lettered glossy,author+title as the front's - but flat-printed,with publisher's capitlaised,glossy,white-lettered +illustrated colophon+name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' white-lettered praise and other critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain pale blue paper-covered boards with same colour cloth blind spine with white lettering to spine/backstrip,a pale blue+grey(?) striped headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers. US,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-309pp [paginated] includes Pts One+Two but no chapter numeration; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,2pp blanks, and an Ackowledgements page with a Note on Place names. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its near 10 year-old age. It is really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. From internationally acclaimed author Anne Enright comes a shattering novel set in a small town on Ireland's Atlantic coast. The Green Road is a tale of family and fracture, compassion and selfishness a book about the gaps in the human heart and how we strive to fill them. Spanning thirty years,'The Green Road' tells the story of Rosaleen,matriarch of the Madigans,a family on the cusp of either coming together or falling irreparably apart.As they grow up, Rosaleen's four children leave the west of Ireland for lives they could have never imagined in Dublin, New York, and Mali, West Africa. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful mother announces that she s decided to sell the house and divide the proceeds. Her adult children come back for a last Christmas, with the feeling that their childhoods are being erased, their personal history bought and sold. A profoundly moving work about a family's desperate attempt to recover the relationships they've lost and forge the ones they never had, The Green Road is Enright's most mature, accomplished, and unforgettable novel to date. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **