New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1991 Hard Cover. 262 pp. Author's first novel. It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having....

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ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of three bestselling novels, Object Lessons , One True Thing , and Black and Blue . Her New York Times column “Public & Private” won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, and a selection of those columns was published as Thinking Out Loud . She is also the author of a collection of her “Life in the 30’s”columns, Living Out Loud ; a book for the Library of Contemporary Thought, How Reading Changed My Life ; the bestselling A Short Guide to a Happy Life ; and two children’s books, The Tree That Came to Stay and Happily Ever After . She is currently a columnist for Newsweek and lives with her husband and children in New York City.

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Bookseller: Yesterday's Muse Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2282378
Title: Object Lessons: A Novel
Author: Quindlen, Anna
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0394569652
ISBN 13: 9780394569659
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1991
Size: 6x0x9
Keywords: ANNA QUINDLEN FICTION CONTEMPORARY
X weight: 20 oz

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