Signed by Quindlen on the half-title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 262pp.

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Titolo: Object Lessons
Editore: Random House
Data di pubblicazione: 1991
Lingua: Inglese
ISBN 10: 0394569652
ISBN 13: 9780394569659
Rilegatura: Hardcover
Edizione: First Edition, first printing .
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good
Firmato: Signed by Author

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During a pivotal summer, young Maggie Scanlan struggles to deal with the realities of the adult world as she wrestles with the approaching death of her grandfather, parental conflict, and the other trials of her Irish-Italian family

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"Elaborate and playful...Honest and deeply felt....Here is the Quindlen wit, the sharp eye for the details of class and manners, [and] the ardent reading of domestic lives."
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It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with. But there is too much going on to concentrate. Everything at home is in upheaval, her grandfather is changing, and Maggie is unsure if what she wants is worth having....

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