Night at the Fiestas: Stories (signed)

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2015. INSCRIBED / SIGNED and DATED (9/17/2015) by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. VERY SCARCE signed. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. NOT price clipped ($25.95). Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. 2015. First Printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (1234567890) on the copyright page. Bound in the original baby blue boards with a black spine stamped in gold. Complete with pristine dust jacket. From the publisher: "Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. A New York Times Notable Book of 2015. Set in northern New Mexico, an astonishing, beautifully rendered debut about growing up in a land shaped by love, loss and violence. With intensity and emotional precision, Kirstin Valdez Quade's unforgettable stories plunge us into the fierce, troubled hearts of characters defined by the desire to escape the past or else to plumb its depths. The deadbeat father of a pregnant teenager tries to transform his life by playing the role of Jesus in a bloody penitential Passion. A young man discovers that his estranged father and a boa constrictor have been squatting in his grandmother's empty house. A lonely retiree new to Santa Fe becomes obsessed with her housekeeper. One girl attempts to uncover the mystery of her cousin's violent past, while another young woman finds herself at an impasse when she is asked to hear her priest's confession. Always hopeful, these stories chart the passions and obligations of family life, exploring themes of race, class, and coming-of-age, as Quade's characters protect, betray, wound, undermine, bolster, define, and, ultimately, save each other.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (viii), 280pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.