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SEVENTH HEAVEN
by Hoffman, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0399135359
- ISBN 13
- 9780399135354
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Like New. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo (9 3/8" x 6 1/4"), light green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dark green dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a home with window light in a dark green night, pink endpapers, 256 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. Alice Hoffman (born 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and unusual romances and relationships.<br /> <br /> "Sensual and suspenseful, erotic and dangerous, Turtle Moon is Alice Hoffman's most dramatically complex, seductive work yet."--jacket. Set in Florida when migrating sea turtles land often confusing streetlights for the moon.<br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL COPY in all respects: Tight, bright, clean in comparable unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
Nora Silk doesn’t really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women’s apprehension evolves into admiration. The men’s lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain. And everyone on this little street in 1959 Long Island seems to sense the possibilities and perils of a different kind of future when they look at Nora Silk...This extraordinary novel by the author of The River King and Local Girls takes us back to a time when the exotic both terrified and intrigued us, and despite our most desperate attempts, our passions and secrets remained as stubbornly alive as the weeds in our well-trimmed lawns.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8671
- Title
- SEVENTH HEAVEN
- Author
- Hoffman, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399135359
- ISBN 13
- 9780399135354
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Florida, turtles, love, mother, child, daughter, danger,
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- G
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