The Story of a Marriage: A Novel
by Greer, Andrew Sean
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374108668
- ISBN 13
- 9780374108663
- Seller
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Apache Junction, Arizona, United States
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. He won the Pulitzer Prize for LESS.
Synopsis
It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband?s fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt as she struggles to understand the world around her, most especially her husband, Holland. The Story of a Marriage portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it.
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- Bookseller
- Garys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017249
- Title
- The Story of a Marriage: A Novel
- Author
- Greer, Andrew Sean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374108668
- ISBN 13
- 9780374108663
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- LCCN
- 2007046835
- Keywords
- OK 36
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