New York, NY: Scribner, 2007. 189pp. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Inscribed to previous owner and signed by Robin romm. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Unclipped pictorial DJ has some minor shelfwear (light bumping/light nicking to head of spine, corners rubbed). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy. . Inscribed By Author. First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.

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Robin Romm's arresting and resonant stories take on the fundamental themes of the human condition: mortality, loyalty, and love. In fresh and irreverent prose, Romm captures the mo-ments before and after loss, mining the depths of grief with wit and grace. The stories in The Mother Garden are at once vividly realistic and infused with the bizarre -- a man uses a chicken egg to test whether he is ready for fatherhood; a daughter plants a garden of mothers to replace her own; a family's ghosts literally fall through the ceiling, disrupting daily life; a woman finds her father sleeping in the desert after twenty-six years of living without him. People stumble in relationships, start families, struggle with illness, learn to mourn -- and as in life, these acts are consuming, magical, and disorienting. Sharply funny and deeply moving, this extraordinary collection introduces a young writer of fierce originality and prodigious talent.

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Bookseller: after-words bookstore (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 048548
Title: The Mother Garden
Author: Romm, Robin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good +
Edition: First Edition, 1st printing
ISBN 10: 1416539026
ISBN 13: 9781416539025
Publisher: Scribner
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 2007
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Fiction Loss Short Stories Signed
Bookseller catalogs: Short Stories;

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