London: Viking, 2000. Reprint, 8vo, 392pp, the base of the spine has received a pretty hefty bump at some time o/w VG Copy in VG DJ with one closed tear at the base of spine in same spot; author's presentation copy, inscription on title page reads: To Doreen Margaret Drabble. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bessie Bawtry is a young girl living in the early 1900s in Breaseborough, a mining town in South Yorkshire, England. Unusually gifted, she longs to escape a life burdened by unquestioned tradition. She studies patiently, dreaming of the day when she will take the entrance exam for Cambridge and be able to leave her narrow world. A generation later, Bessie's daughter Chrissie feels a similar impulse to expand her horizons, which she in turn passes on to her own daughter. Nearly a century later, Bessie's granddaughter, Faro Gaulden, finds herself listening to a lecture on genetics and biological determinism. She has returned to Breaseborough and wonders at the families who remained in the humble little town where Bessie grew up. Confronted with what would have been her life had her grandmother stayed, she finds herself faced with difficult questions. Is she really so different from the plain South Yorkshire locals? As she soon learns, the past has a way of reasserting itself-not unlike the peppered moth that was once thought to be nearing extinction but is now enjoying a sudden unexplained resurgence. The Peppered Moth is a brilliantly conceived novel, full of irony, sadness, and humor.

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Bookseller: Roger Lucas Booksellers (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 41317
Title: The Peppered Moth (Signed)
Author: Drabble, Margaret
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0670894001
ISBN 13: 9780670894000
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2000
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Fiction

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