Sister Noon
by Karen Joy Fowler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399147500
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147500
- Seller
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Springfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1st ed. / 1st printing. VG book / VG DJ. Used copy though appears unread, mild bumping to lower front spine corner, else very tight and clean textblock and boards with full numberline. DJ has mild shelfwear, no tears or chipping and 24.95 price intact. Not remaindered.
Synopsis
Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies Relief and Protection Society Home, or "The Brown Ark". All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. When the wealthy and well-connected, but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up at the Brown Ark, Lizzie is drawn to her. It is the beautiful, but mysterious Mary Ellen, an outcast among the women of the elite because of her notorious past and her involvement in voodoo, who will eventually hold the key to unlocking Lizzie's rebellious nature. Loosely based in historical fact, Sister Noon is a wryly funny, playfully mysterious, and totally subversive novel from this "fine writer" whose "language dazzles" ( San Francisco Chronicle ).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Backwater Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio445
- Title
- Sister Noon
- Author
- Karen Joy Fowler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First ed., First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399147500
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147500
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 321
- Keywords
- First Edition
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- VG
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.