Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618251286 . A first Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; Dale Peck tells the story of a family during the Great Depression. The family is struggling to make ends meet and is constantly facing challenges. They are also dealing with the death of one of their members.; 8vo; 229 pages .

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In the haunting new book by the acclaimed author of Now It's Time to Say Goodbye, a young man must choose between his troubled family and the new home he loves. Dale Peck, Sr., grew up poor in rural Long Island in the 1950s, sharing a one-room house with seven brothers and sisters, an abusive mother, and an alcoholic father haunted by his past. When, at fourteen, Dale is more or less kidnapped by his father and taken to his uncle's farm in upstate New York, the change wrought by the move is remarkable. Thriving on the farm, Dale develops a loving relationship with his uncle Wallace, and for the first time he knows contentment. But when Dale's mother demands that he return, he is forced to choose between his broken family and the land and uncle he has come to love. It is a decision that will determine his future and the legacy he will pass on to his own son. What We Lost is a coming-of-age story that startles in its immediacy and lack of sentimentality. Refracting his father's past through the prism of his own vivid imagination, the author Dale Peck forges a bridge between generations and reveals the dark secrets at the heart of family.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 59932
Title: What We Lost - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Peck, Dale
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0618251286
ISBN 13: 9780618251285
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston, New York
Date Published: 2003

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