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Hope in the Desperate Hour
by Richards, David Adams
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 077107459X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771074592
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: M&S. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 077107459X . Flat-signed by author on title page. Minor tip wear. Wrinkle to laminate at bottom spine. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
David Adams Richards was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, in 1950. He has published ten acclaimed novels, including the award-winning Miramichi trilogy – Nights Below Station Street , winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award; Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1993), winner of the Thomas Raddall Award – Hope in the Desperate Hour (1996), The Bay of Love and Sorrows (1998), and, most recently, Mercy Among the Children (2000), co-winner of the prestigious Giller Prize. In 1993, Richards received the Canada-Australia Prize. Richards has also published three non-fiction books, most recently the Governor General’s Award-winning fishing memoir Lines on the Water (1998), and has written Gemini Award-winning screenplays for the CBC-TV adaptations of his novels For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down and Nights Below Station Street . “Small Gifts,” his original screenplay for CBC-TV, won a Gemini Award and the New York International Film Festival Award for Best Script. Richards now lives in Toronto with his wife, Peggy, and their two sons. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- A Good Read
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 821
- Title
- Hope in the Desperate Hour
- Author
- Richards, David Adams
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 077107459X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771074592
- Publisher
- M&S
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 077107459X
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