THE BOOK OF EVE.
by Beresford-Howe, Constance
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 077050888X
- ISBN 13
- 9780770508883
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1973. 170 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "Here is a fresh, beautifully written story of an almost old woman who, one morning on impulse, walks out of a forty-year-old marriage, leaving her invalid husband calling querulously for his breakfast. In a desperate bid for a life of her own, and with little more money in her pocket than her first Old Age Pension cheque, Eva exchanges her sedate and conventional middle-class existence in a Montreal suburb for a chaotic rooming-house life in one of the city's poorer districts. Eva's account of her transition from housewife to eccentric is the basis for this warm and delightful novel which, in a surprising way, turns out to be a love story. Eva herself is a wonderful character, with a prickly charm, an acid humour, and a probing, active intelligence that gives sense and meaning to her strange choice, and makes her story a compelling and unforgettable experience." A few tiny light foxing marks on verso of dedication page and up to and including page 6, two tiny corner bumps, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light to moderate edgewear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, minor rubbing, two small closed tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+.
Synopsis
Constance Beresford-Howe was born in Montreal. Her first novel, The Unreasoning Heart, was published while she was still a student. Since then, she has written eight others, including A Population of One, The Marriage Bed, Prospero’s Daughter , and Night Studies . She now divides her time between Canada and England.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20323
- Title
- THE BOOK OF EVE.
- Author
- Beresford-Howe, Constance
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 077050888X
- ISBN 13
- 9780770508883
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Marriage, Relationships, Women, Eva, Montreal, Housewives, Old age, Self-discovery, Self-Awareness, Freedom, Pensioners, Crises, Eccentrics, Canadian Authors, women Authors, Canadian Novelists, Life Choices.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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