WHAT WE WERE PROMISED (SIGNED, DATED, NYC)
by TAN, LUCY
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0316437182
- ISBN 13
- 9780316437189
- Seller
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Monkton, Maryland, United States
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HARDCOVER. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. WHAT WE WERE PROMISED by Lucy Tan (2018). SIGNED, Dated (7-12-2018), and NYC written to the title page by the author. Brand New and Never owned. This is a First Edition, First Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in Brand New condition with no issues. The book has no tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, Hand SIGNED, Dated 7-12-18 & NYC written to full title page. No inscription; full signature plus NYC and 7-12-18 only. From an event featuring Lucy Tan in conversation with Rumaan Alam in New York City on July 12, 2018. FREE: Copies of three book reviews plus the Barnes & Noble July 2018 events flier are included. What We Were Promised was published on July 10, 2018. This was the first event on Lucy Tan's first book tour. This book will be carefully wrapped and shipped via USPS mail with free delivery confirmation. **** What We Were Promised - A Discover Great New Writers Selection. Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Named one of "60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" by Huffington Post. Named one of the "10 Most Anticipated Novels of the Summer" by The Every Girl. Lucy Tan grew up in New Jersey and has spent much of her adult life in New York and Shanghai. She received her B.A. from New York University and her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was awarded the 2016 August Derleth Prize. Her fiction has been published in journals such as Asia Literary Review and Ploughshares, where she was the winner of the 2015 Emerging Writer's Contest. What We Were Promised, published on July 10, 2018, is her first book. ISBN: 978-0316-4371-89. BS12190 & BS12234
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- Bookseller
- Charm City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS12234
- Title
- WHAT WE WERE PROMISED (SIGNED, DATED, NYC)
- Author
- TAN, LUCY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316437182
- ISBN 13
- 9780316437189
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company; First Edition, First Printing edition (July 10, 2018)
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- July 10, 2018
- Keywords
- ASIAN AMERICAN, DOMESTIC LIFE, HISTORICAL, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
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