New York:: Doubleday,, (2006.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. SIGNED on the title page. The author's third novel, a fascinating, many-layered story of a young woman who may have faked her own abduction - in 1985, sixteen-year-old Mary Veal disappears, only to return a few weeks later claiming to have no recollection of the instance - and an ambitious psychologist who tries to further his career by exposing her, after he notices parallels between her story and a 17th century narrative about a girl abducted by Indians, only to have her rescuer hanged as a witch. Dustjacket praise from Michael Chabon, A. M. Homes and others. 356 p.

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HEIDI JULAVITS is the author of two previous novels, The Mineral Palace and The Effect of Living Backwards , as well as a collaborative book, Hotel Andromeda , with the artist Jenny Gage. She is a founding editor of Believer , and her writings have appeared in Esquire , Time, The New York Times , McSweeney’s among other places . She lives in Manhattan and Maine.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 47740
Title: THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT.
Author: Julavits, Heidi
Format/Binding: SIGNED hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385513232
ISBN 13: 9780385513234
Publisher: Doubleday,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (2006.)
Bookseller catalogs: Women Authors;

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