A Map of the World (Uncorrected Proof)

Jane Hamilton

ISBN 10: 0385473109 / ISBN 13: 9780385473101

Verlag: Doubleday, N.Y., 1994

Beschreibung

UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near Fine in wrappers - light wear.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001213

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: A Map of the World (Uncorrected Proof)
• Verlag: Doubleday, N.Y.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0385473109
• ISBN-13: 9780385473101
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Near Fine

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Inhaltsangabe

While under the care of Alice Goodwin, a neighbor's child drowns in the Goodwins' pond, a devastating accident that has profound repercussions for the entire Goodwin family, in a story set in a small Midwestern farm town. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jane Hamilton lives, works, and writes in an orchard farmhouse in Wisconsin. Her short stories have appeared in Harper's Magazine, and her first book, The Book of Ruth, was awarded the 1989 PENHemingway Foundation Award for best first novel. Seven years after its publication, The Book of Ruth was chosen for the Oprah Book Club, giving it a second life. In 1994 Hamilton published A Map of the World which became an international best seller, and in 1998, The Short History of a Prince, which won the Heartland Prize for Fiction, and was shortlisted for Britain's Orange Prize.


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