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Sijie, Dai Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Knopf 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089359. ISBN #037541309X / 9780375413094. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sijie, Dai Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Knopf 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089359. ISBN #037541309X / 9780375413094. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An enchanting literary debut already an international best-seller. At the height of Mao s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for re-education. The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find themselves in a remote village where, among the peasants of Phoenix mountain, they are made to cart buckets of excrement up and down precipitous winding paths. Their meager distractions include a violin as well as, before long, the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. But it is when the two discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn. While ingeniously concealing their forbidden treasure, the boys find transit to worlds they had thought lost forever. And after listening to their dangerously seductive retellings of Balzac, even the Little Seamstress will be forever transformed. From within the hopelessness and terror of one of the darkest passages in human history, Dai Sijie has fashioned a beguiling and unexpected story about the resilience of the human spirit, the wonder of romantic awakening and the magical power of storytelling.
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Sillitoe, Alan Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Plume Contemporary Fiction) Plume Book 1992 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154178. ISBN #0452269091 / 9780452269095. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sillitoe, Alan Travels in Nihilon Scribner 1971 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Wear from use. JACKET COND: Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1179908. ISBN #6841300416 / 9786841300417. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Silone, Ignazio Fontamara hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104687. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simmons, Pat Lean On Me Sourcebooks Casablanca 2020 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1190699. ISBN #1728212537 / 9781728212531. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simon, Rachel Story Of Beautiful Girl 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044526. ISBN #0446574457 / 9780446574457. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simon, Rachel Story Of Beautiful Girl 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044526. ISBN #0446574457 / 9780446574457. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynnie has just given birth to a baby girl. When the authorities catch up to them that same night, Homan escapes into the darkness, and Lynnie is caught. But before she is forced back into the institution, she whispers two words to Martha: "Hide her." And so begins the 40-year epic journey of Lynnie, Homan, Martha, and baby Julia-lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, yet drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.
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Simon, Scott Windy City Random House Trade Paperbacks 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032752. ISBN #081297669X / 9780812976694. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simon, Scott Windy City Random House Trade Paperbacks 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032752. ISBN #081297669X / 9780812976694. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a novel as brawling and boisterous as Chicago itself, Scott Simon delivers a tale both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving, capturing the multiethnic tumult of big city politics. The mayor of Chicago is found in his office late at night, murdered, facedown in a pizza. As police race to find the killer, the interim mayor, Sundaran Sunny Roopini, tries to juggle his responsibilities as a recently widowed father of two teenage daughters while herding his forty-nine fellow city aldermen toward choosing a new mayor. Over the course of four days, this raft of colorful characters heroes, rascals, and pinky-ringed pols of all creeds, colors, and proclivities will clash, as Sunny, a flawed but decent man, tries to hold together his family and his city.
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Simonaityte, Ieva Buse And Her Sisters 1950 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1004480. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simons, Paullina Lone Star William Morrow 2015 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or1184572. ISBN #0062098152 / 9780062098153. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simons, Paullina Tatiana And Alexander paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090463. ISBN #0007118899 / 9780007118892. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simons, Paullina Tatiana And Alexander paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090463. ISBN #0007118899 / 9780007118892. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A powerful story of grief and hope, a passionate and epic love story from the Russian-born author of the internationally bestselling novels TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE. The world at war ...two people in love. Tatiana is eighteen years old and pregnant when she miraculously escapes war-torn Leningrad to the West, believing herself to be a widow. Her husband, Major Alexander Belov, a decorated hero of the Soviet Union, has been arrested by Stalin's infamous secret police and is awaiting imminent death as a traitor and a spy. Tatiana begins her new life in America. In wartime New York City she finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. However, her grief is inescapable and she keeps hearing Alexander calling out to her. Meanwhile, Alexander faces the greatest danger he's ever known. An American trapped in Russia since adolescence, he has been serving in the Red Army and posing as a Soviet citizen to protect himself. For him, Russia's war is not over, and both victory and defeat will mean certain death. As the Second World War moves into its spectacular close, Tatiana and Alexander are surrounded by the ghosts of their past and each other. They must struggle against destiny and despair as they find themselves in the fight of their lives. A master of the historical epic, Paullina Simons takes us on a journey across continents, time, and the entire breadth of human emotion, to create a heartrendingly beautiful love story that will live on long after the final page is turned.
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Simonsen, Mary Lydon Pemberley Remembered TRC Castle Garden Publishing 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115059. ISBN #0979893305 / 9780979893308. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simonsen, Mary Lydon Pemberley Remembered TRC Castle Garden Publishing 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115059. ISBN #0979893305 / 9780979893308. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary While visiting Montclair, an 18th Century Georgian country house located in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, Maggie Joyce, a 22-year old American living in postwar London, is told that the former residents of the mansion, William Lacey and Elizabeth Garrison, were the inspiration for the characters of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen's masterpiece, Pride Prejudice, and that Montclair is the novel's Pemberley. During her visit to the nearby Village of Crofton, Maggie meets Beth and Jack Crowell, both of whom have ties to the Lacey family and Montclair, and who know if the legends associated with the house and Fitzwilliam Darcy are true. While exploring the truth behind the romance of Darcy and Elizabeth, Maggie is drawn into the love story of the Crowells, who married in the midst of the horrors of World War I, as well as her own love story with Rob McAllister, an American who flew on bombing missions over Germany during World War II, and who has returned to England for his own deeply personal reasons. Pemberley Remembered is a story of lovers who bridge class differences in Regency England, but it is also speaks to love and loss in postwar England.
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Random House 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or1146149. ISBN #1400068932 / 9781400068937. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Random House 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or1146149. ISBN #1400068932 / 9781400068937. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew retired , the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart. The Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Random House, Inc. 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1203630. ISBN #0812981227 / 9780812981223. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Random House, Inc. 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1203630. ISBN #0812981227 / 9780812981223. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew retired , the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson s wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother s death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and regarding her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition? b
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1154369. ISBN #0812981227 / 9780812981223. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1154369. ISBN #0812981227 / 9780812981223. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew retired , the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson s wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother s death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and regarding her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition? b
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Random House Trade Paperbacks 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1188914. ISBN #0812981227 / 9780812981223. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Random House Trade Paperbacks 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1188914. ISBN #0812981227 / 9780812981223. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew retired , the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson s wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother s death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and regarding her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition? b
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Simpson, Mona Anywhere But Here 1987 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035113. ISBN #0394755596 / 9780394755595. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simpson, Mona Anywhere But Here 1987 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035113. ISBN #0394755596 / 9780394755595. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A national bestseller upon its publication, Anywhere But Here is a moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer. As they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions, Ann and Adele bring to life a novel that is a brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound disorientation. Simpson's first novel is ultimately a heart-rendering tale of a mother and daughter's invaluable relationship. "Mona Simpson writes with confidence, with swagger. She is already a master." - Anne Tyler "Anywhere But Here is a wonder: big, complex, masterfully written, it's an achievement that lands Simpson in the front ranks of our best novelists." - Newsweek
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Simpson, Mona My Hollywood 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078728. ISBN #0307273520 / 9780307273529. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simpson, Mona My Hollywood 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078728. ISBN #0307273520 / 9780307273529. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A wonderfully provocative and appealing novel, from the much-loved author of Anywhere But Here and A Regular Guy, her first in ten years. It tells the story of two women whose lives entwine and unfold behind the glittery surface of Hollywood. Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to LA so her husband can follow his passion for writing television comedy. Suddenly the marriage once a genuine 50 50 arrangement changes, with Paul working long hours and Claire left at home with a baby, William, whom she adores but has no idea how to care for. Lola, a fifty-two-year-old mother of five who is working in America to pay for her own children s higher education back in the Philippines, becomes their nanny. Lola stabilizes the rocky household and soon other parents try to lure her away. What she sacrifices to stay with Claire and Williamo remains her own closely guarded secret. In a novel at turns satirical and heartbreaking, where mothers modern ideas are given practical overhauls by nannies, we meet Lola s vast network of fellow caregivers, each with her own story to tell. We see the upstairs competition for the best nanny and the downstairs competition for the best deal, and are forced to ask whether it is possible to buy love for our children and what that transaction costs us all. We look into two contemporary marriages one in America and one in the Philippines and witness their endangerment, despite the best of intentions. My Hollywood is a tender, witty, and resonant novel that provides the profound pleasures readers have come to expect from Mona Simpson, here writing at the height of her powers.
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Simses, Mary The Wedding Thief Back Bay Books 2020 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1194206. ISBN #0316421626 / 9780316421621. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Simses, Mary The Wedding Thief Back Bay Books 2020 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1196459. ISBN #0316421626 / 9780316421621. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sinclair, May Mr. Waddington of Wyck a novel Macmillan 1921 hardcover. FFEP Removed. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight lean to spine. Yellowing from age. Book plate attached. Book #or831737. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sinclair, Upton Jungle Dover Publications 2001 paperback. Previous owner written not on front endpage.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161490. ISBN #0486419231 / 9780486419237. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sinclair, Upton Jungle Dover Publications 2001 paperback. Previous owner written not on front endpage.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161490. ISBN #0486419231 / 9780486419237. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle his devastating expos of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It quickly became a bestseller, arousing public sentiment and resulting in such federal legislation as the Pure Food and Drug Act. The brutally grim story of a Slavic family who emigrates to America, The Jungle tells of their rapid and inexorable descent into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and social and economic despair. Vulnerable and isolated, the family of Jurgis Rudkus struggles unsuccessfully to survive in an urban jungle. A powerful view of turn-of-the-century poverty, graft, and corruption, this fiercely realistic American classic is still required reading in many history and literature classes. It will continue to haunt readers long after they've finished the last page.
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