Black Mountain Breakdown
by Smith, Lee
The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls presents one of her most compelling novels, acclaimed by Anne Tyler, Annie Dillard, and more...
Everywhere about her, from the traffic on Highway 460 to the river that's gone black with coal dust, Crystal Spangler sees a current flowing from the mountain town of Black Rock into the wider world. As a teenager, she is elected beauty queen, gets good grades, and-despite her many enviable qualities-manages also to be well-loved. Everyone knows that she is destined to leave town and do great things.
And she does.
But no one expects her return; drawn back home by some sort of memory, as if the current that had taken her away had changed its mind...
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 228 pages. The fourth book, a well received novel from this critically acclaimed author. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with a good deal of foxing to the top edge of the pages and in a near fine dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399125310 . "The traditional chord change in Black Mountain Breakdown - one family's ingrained expectations - comes around more than a few times to tell the story of a beautiful young woman born in rural Appalachia." Ships same or next… Read more about this item Item Price
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Putnam Pub Group. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($10.95 price intact). Published by G. P. Putnam, 1980. Octavo. Green cloth over tan boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting and light toning to page… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399125310 . "The traditional chord change in Black Mountain Breakdown - one family's ingrained expectations - comes around more than a few times to tell the story of a beautiful young woman born in rural Appalachia." Ships same or next… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Ballantine. NF. 1982. 1st Printing. Paperback. Ballantine #30125, 1982. Stated first Ballantine Books edition. Near f ine condition. Faint, 1/2" diagonal crease at the front wrapper's uppe r right corner. Faint crease along the front spine seam. Light tanning to the wrappers' versos and to the pages. Signed and dated "Nov. 31, 1983" by Smith on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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