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Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2010
ISBN 10: 0425232492ISBN 13: 9780425232491
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Published by HarperCollins, 2009
ISBN 10: 0007281110ISBN 13: 9780007281114
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2009
ISBN 10: 0399155597ISBN 13: 9780399155598
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 000727470XISBN 13: 9780007274703
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A brilliantly moving and darkly comic novel, which charts the attempts of dying heroine Delia a modern day Mrs Beeton to prepare her family for the future and lay to rest a ghost from her past. Inspired by her heroine, Isabella Beeton, Delia has made a living writing a series of hugely successful modern household guides, as well as an acerbic domestic advice column. As the book opens, she is not yet forty, but has only a short time to live. She is preoccupied with how to prepare herself and her family for death, from writing exhaustive lists to teaching her young daughters how to make a perfect cup of tea. What she needs, more than anything, is a manual exactly the kind she is the expert at writing. Realising this could be her greatest achievement (for who could be better equipped to write The Household Guide to Dying?) she sets to work. But, in the writing, Delia is forced to confront the ghosts of her past, and the events of fourteen years previously. There is a journey she needs to make, back to the landscape of her past, and one last vital thing she needs to do. Hugely original, life affirming and humorous, The Household Guide to Dying illuminates love, loss, family and the place we call home. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin Canada, 2010
ISBN 10: 0143169785ISBN 13: 9780143169789
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Picador, 2008
ISBN 10: 0330424254ISBN 13: 9780330424257
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
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Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
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Published by Thorndike Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 1410416852ISBN 13: 9781410416858
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good.
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Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2008
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Advance Reading Copy/Proof.
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney, 2015
ISBN 10: 1743535988ISBN 13: 9781743535981
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the author of The Household Guide to Dying"Tender, wise and extraordinary reading." The GuardianEmily Bronte had written this novel especially for her. For her benefit she had sat alone in her narrow bed in the parsonage, her lap desk on her knees, death all around her with that graveyard right next door, the cold wind from the moors behind rattling the windows.But who had Dove written her story for?Dove is writing a novel for herself, for her mother and for their literary heroines. It describes the life of Ellis, an ordinary young woman of the 1960s troubled by secrets and gaps in her past.Having read Wuthering Heights to her dying mother, Dove finds she cannot shake off the influence of that singular novel: it has infected her like a disease. In grief's aftermath, she follows the story Wuthering Heightshas inspired to discover more about Ellis, who has emerged from the pages of fiction herself - or has she? - to become a modern successful career woman.The Women's Pages is about the choices and compromises women make, about their griefs and losses, and about the cold aching spaces that are left when they disappear from the story. It explores the mysterious process of creativity, and the way stories are shaped and fiction is formed. Right up to its astonishing conclusion, The Women's Pages asserts the power of the reader's imagination, which can make the deepest desires and strangest dreams come true.PRAISE FOR THE WOMEN'S PAGES"A satisfyingly complex novel, which offers the pleasures of a well-told story, a page-turner" Australian Book Review"It's a meticulously planned story that provides the ultimate breathtaking surprise at the end of the final paragraph." Good Reading"A gripping read. It is also a sophisticated meditation on the creative acts of reading and writing." Sydney Morning Herald"The opening sentences soothed me with their skillful cadences, the unspoken passion beneath making me turn the pages again and again." The Southerly Review After her mother's death, Dove decides to write a whole new story for herself, for her mother and for their literary heroines. In undertaking this labour of love, Dove unwittingly taps into the universal story of choice, grief and compromise that women everywhere experience. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Viking Canada, 2009
ISBN 10: 0670068640ISBN 13: 9780670068647
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Published by HarperCollins, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007289529ISBN 13: 9780007289523
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Audio book. Cracks to the case.
Published by Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014
ISBN 10: 1760110922ISBN 13: 9781760110925
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'A tender portrait of a marriage and the poetry and grief it contains. A beautiful, dreamy, melancholy book.' Gail Jones, author of Five BellsIn a small town on the land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story.In Thirroul, in 1948, people chase their dreams through the books in the railway's library. Anikka Lachlan searches for solace after her life is destroyed by a single random act. Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. Frank Draper is trapped by the guilt of those his treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle with the same question: how now to be alive.Written in clear, shining prose, with an eloquent understanding of the human heart, The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can be sometimes to tell them apart. It's a story of life, loss and what comes after; of connection and separation, longing and acceptance. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.A story that will break your heart with hope.'The Railwayman's Wife illuminates the deepest places of the human heart.' - Debra Adelaide, author of The Household Guide to Dying'An extraordinary light falls on every page of this tender and gripping story. The lives of a widow and a war poet, mending and dreaming in a tiny coastal village, reveal movingly a wider world of catastrophe, violence and beauty.' - Belinda Castles, author of Hannah and Emil An acclaimed, heartbreaking novel of love and loss, and the healing power of memory and words. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, 2008
ISBN 10: 0330424807ISBN 13: 9780330424806
Seller: Lily Books, URALLA, NSW, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. 'Debra Adelaide has created one of the most irrepressible and beguiling heroines to emerge in Australian fiction since Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career.sublime.in a class of its own.' the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Published by Bolinda Audio, 2015
ISBN 10: 1489087923ISBN 13: 9781489087928
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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CMD. Condition: Brand New. mp3 una edition. 6.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.
Published by Ultimo Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1761151355ISBN 13: 9781761151354
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK & EVETTE MORAN NIB LITERARY AWARDutterly compelling. - The GuardianJean Kay, my skipper, fellow adventurer, my friend. My brother.Jean Kay, soldier of fortune, opportunist, embezzler, hijacker. In her youth, amidst the throes of a reckless grief, aspiring Australian writer Marele Day is caught up in a shipwreck adventure and forges an unlikely bond with an international fugitive travelling under a pseudonym. For the next thirty years they correspond before reuniting, both older and wiser, in France. Marele is now an accomplished crime writer, and while she knew of her travel companion's previous reputation as 'the hijacker with a big heart' and 'brother to the poor', she is intrigued to discover his connection to the disappearance of eight million francs and a secret dossier that made global headlines. Brilliantly crafted, Reckless tells the story of how Marele uncovers the truth about Jean Kay's identity and motives by piecing together clues from their letters, her diaries and a stash of newspaper clippings, and how, in the process of telling his story, she ultimately makes peace with the reckless ghosts of her past. 'True crime adventure, bold memoir and investigative masterclass, but above all a breathtakingly original story.' - Robert Drewe, author of The Shark Net and The Bodysurfers 'Fraud, glamour, friendship, loss and betrayal create a heady cocktail as the trail heats up from Australia to Brazil. Sometimes, fiction just can't match fact, seems pale by comparison. This is one of those stories.' - Caroline Baum, author of Only'Reading in parts like the crime fiction that made Marele Day so famous, Reckless is an extraordinary story of dramatic adventures spanning continents and decades: international fugitive and benevolent thief Jean Kay is as good a character as any a crime writer could invent. But Day also recounts her own need to escape and take risks, producing a touching memoir of grief and loss informed by a writer's attentive curiosity, one that candidly explores every angle of a story, even that of the friendship of a lifetime.' - Debra Adelaide, author of The Household Guide to Dying and The Women's Pages'Reckless is about a woman who transforms the paralysis of unexpected grief into an adventure so dazzling that readers may have to remind themselves to breathe. But that is only part of it. In later life, a profound exploration of her experience leads the author to France and Brazil and to unexplored territories of faith, trust, and friendship, revealing the differences between the charming stories we are told and the stories we have no choice but to believe.' - Brenda Walker, author of Reading by Moonlight and The Wing of Night'Marele Day's Reckless has the pace of a great thriller with the heart of the most beautifully crafted memoir. Both riveting and touching, Reckless is truly a gift. I feel so privileged to have read this gorgeous book.'- Mirandi Riwoe, author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain and The Burnished Sun Often moving and occasionally profound. - Herald Sun Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: 2019. A near fine copy. A stunning exploration of hope and desire, fear and control, this story is full of heart and heartbreak' ASHLEY HAY, author of The Railwayman's Wife 'A compelling novel about the bruises inflicted by fate and by ourselves, and the blessings to be found in resilience, determination, and love.' DEBRA ADELAIDE, author of The Household Guide to Dying Sarah and Hannah are on a cruise from San Diego, California to Sydney, Australia. Sarah, Hannah's grandmother, is returning to the country of her birth, a place she hasn't seen since boarding the USS Mariposa in 1945. Then she, along with countless other war brides, sailed across the Pacific to join the American servicemen they'd married during World War II. Now Hannah is the same age Sarah was when she made her first journey, and in hearing Sarah tell the story of her life, realises the immensity of what her grandmother gave up. The Passengers is a luminous novel about love: the journeys we undertake, the sacrifices we make and the heartache we suffer for love It is about how we most long for what we have left behind. And it is about the past - how close it can still feel - even after long passages of time. 'Two women, two generations, two countries, two journeys. Eleanor Limprecht gracefully navigates the crosscurrents of history and creates vibrant characters from the extraordinary true experiences of Australian war brides. Sarah and Hannah's urgent search for love and wholeness moved me in both senses: they touched my heart and I still feel I am churning across the Pacific with them. A deeply satisfying novel.' SUSAN WYNDHAM, former literary editor, The Sydney Morning Herald ---length:- '19.8'width:- '12.8'units:- Centimeters.
Published by Picador, Sydney, Australia, 2008
Seller: Taipan Books, Inglewood, WA, Australia
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good +. First Edition. 386pp.Tanning to the pages. Light edge & corner wear. Light but longish crease to the lower part of the front cover panel. Inscribed to prev owner and signed by Debra Adelaide to the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the Author.
Published by Allen & Unwin, 2018
ISBN 10: 1760631337ISBN 13: 9781760631338
Seller: Book Hound (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
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Paperback. 2018. A stunning exploration of hope and desire, fear and control, this story is full of heart and heartbreak' ASHLEY HAY, author of The Railwayman's Wife 'A compelling novel about the bruises inflicted by fate and by ourselves, and the blessings to be found in resilience, determination, and love.' DEBRA ADELAIDE, author of The Household Guide to Dying Sarah and Hannah are on a cruise from San Diego, California to Sydney, Australia. Sarah, Hannah's grandmother, is returning to the country of her birth, a place she hasn't seen since boarding the USS Mariposa in 1945. Then she, along with countless other war brides, sailed across the Pacific to join the American servicemen they'd married during World War II. Now Hannah is the same age Sarah was when she made her first journey, and in hearing Sarah tell the story of her life, realises the immensity of what her grandmother gave up. The Passengers is a luminous novel about love: the journeys we undertake, the sacrifices we make and the heartache we suffer for love It is about how we most long for what we have left behind. And it is about the past - how close it can still feel - even after long passages of time. 'Two women, two generations, two countries, two journeys. Eleanor Limprecht gracefully navigates the crosscurrents of history and creates vibrant characters from the extraordinary true experiences of Australian war brides. Sarah and Hannah's urgent search for love and wholeness moved me in both senses: they touched my heart and I still feel I am churning across the Pacific with them. A deeply satisfying novel.' SUSAN WYNDHAM, former literary editor, The Sydney Morning Herald This is a used book in very good condition, meaning that it shows only minor signs of wear and has no significant damage.Most of our images are sourced automatically, so the book cover shown might be different to the edition we have in stock.
Published by Lumen Editorial, 2009
ISBN 10: 8426416950ISBN 13: 9788426416957
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8426416950.