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ORDINARY LIFE; Stories
by Berg, Elizabeth
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679437460
- ISBN 13
- 9780679437468
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, pale green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale speckled green boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Christine Rodin, 192 pages + [2] About the Author, [2] About the Type. Elizabeth Berg (born 1948) is an American novelist. Since Durable Goods, her debut novel in 1993, her novels have sold in large numbers and have received several awards and nominations. Durable Goods, Joy School, and True to Form form a trilogy about the 12-year-old Katie Nash, in part based on the author's own experience as a daughter in a military family. She won the New England Book Awards in 1997. Her novel Open House (2000) was an Oprah's Book Club selection.--adapting Wikipedia The book is tight, clean, and bright. The dust jacket is sharp with a couple of light smudges and the Autographed sticker is slightly ruffled.
Synopsis
Elizabeth Berg’s novels Open House, The Pull of the Moon, Range of Motion, What We Keep, Never Change , and Until the Real Thing Comes Along were bestsellers. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. Talk Before Sleep was an ABBY finalist and a New York Times bestseller. In 1997, Berg won the NEBA Award in fiction, and in 2000 her novel Open House was named an Oprah’s Book Club selection. She lives in Chicago. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Seller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3339
- Title
- ORDINARY LIFE; Stories
- Author
- Berg, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679437460
- ISBN 13
- 9780679437468
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- military, travel, daughter, Army, identity, struggle, love,
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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