The Bill from My Father: A Memoir (INSCRIBED)
by Bernard Cooper
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743249623
- ISBN 13
- 9780743249621
- Seller
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
2006 - Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) 1st ed ("1" in number line) INSCRIBED by the author on the title page - "Bernard Cooper's new memoir is searing, soulful, and filled with uncommon psychological nuance and laugh-out-loud humor. ...he discovers some peculiar documents involving lawsuits against other family members, and recalls a bill his father once sent him for the total cost of his upbringing, an itemized invoice adding up to 2 million dollars." - book: very good ARC only marking is a 1/4" "V" on the front free endpaper - dj: very good - just a bit of wrinkle to the back cover - dj in protective mylar sleeve
Bernard Cooper is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His writings are in part autobiographical and influenced by his own experiences as a gay man. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and five volumes of The Best American Essays. Wikipedia
Synopsis
Edward Cooper is a hard man to know.Dour and exuberant by turns, his moods dictate the always uncertain climate of the Cooper household. Balding, octogenarian, and partial to a polyester jumpsuit, Edward Cooper makes an unlikely literary muse. But to his son he looms larger than life, an overwhelming and baffling presence. Edward's ambivalent regard for his son is the springboard from which this deeply intelligent memoir takes flight. By the time the author receives his inheritance (which includes a message his father taped to the underside of a safe deposit box), and sees the surprising epitaph inscribed on his father's headstone, The Bill from My Father has become a penetrating meditation on both monetary and emotional indebtedness, and on the mysterious nature of memory and love.
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- Bookseller
- Nostalgic Books & Elements (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22bill2006
- Title
- The Bill from My Father: A Memoir (INSCRIBED)
- Author
- Bernard Cooper
- Format/Binding
- Tight, sound, and square
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743249623
- ISBN 13
- 9780743249621
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006-01
- Keywords
- memoir non fiction humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction; Humor; Biography; Advanced Reading Copies;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Nostalgic Books & Elements
NB&E, prides itself on rescuing unique and nostalgic books that sometimes include an element. I provide detailed descriptions, multiple photographs, and wrap most dust jacket in a protective sleeve.
Books are noted as either SIGNED or INSCRIBED accordingly. If the book is a remainder or ex-library it is noted. I seldom, if ever, sell these types of books. I CHERISH books and want to provide you with the books you will be proud to own.
With gratitude,
Janice Dawson
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