Set in Motion
by Martin, Valerie
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Very Good
- Seller
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition stated. APPEARS NEW AND UNREAD! Dust jacket is price clipped, otherwise all is pristine. From the publisher:"set in New Orleans and tells the story of Helene Thatcher, at work and in her relationships. Author of four books, Valerie Martin's other titles include "Mary Reilly" and "Alexandra". The moist air clings to lips and shoulders like an exhausted lover, Helene Thatcher is a woman on the move. The hungry and helpless come to her during the day. She is a welfare worker; she is kind and listens but keeps her distance. She is on the move. At night, her lovers come - the teacher, the drug addict, the madman.She is kind, and loves, but she keeps her cool, keeps her distance, keeps on the move. Her life is a modern love story and she is a woman who will set your heart in motion - if you can keep up with her.".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turtle Creek Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100626
- Title
- Set in Motion
- Author
- Martin, Valerie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- New Orleans Louisiana
Terms of Sale
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Turtle Creek Books
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Mississauga, Ontario
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...