Isbn: 9780312577902 - half life (7 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. From the author of Corner Shop and Bitter Sweets comes a luminous new novel about one woman's journey back home - to a past she once wanted only to forget. It's time to stop fighting, and go home. Those were the words, written by a minor but well-reputed Bengali poet, that finally persuaded Aruna Ahmed Jones to exit her ground-floor Victorian flat wearing only jeans and a t-shirt, carrying nothing more substantial than a handbag, and keep on walking. Leaving behind the handsome Dr. Patrick Jones, her husband of less than a year, Aruna heads to Heathrow, where she boards a plane bound for Singapore, and her old life. When Aruna left for London, she was fleeing many things: her recently deceased father, the only family she'd ever had; her best friend and lover, Jazz, and the life they'd tried, and failed, to create together; the complicated psychological diagnosis she preferred to forget. But after years of fleeing the ghosts that continue to haunt her, Aruna is about to discover that running away is really the easy part; it is coming home--making peace with Jazz, with her past, and even with herself--that is hard. With shades of Slumdog Millionaire and The Namesake, Roopa Farooki's novel is luminous and gripping. …

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: As New.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 259 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First American Edition, First Printing. VG. First American Edition, First Printing. Paperback. (xii),259pp. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROOPA FAROOKI. Signing reads, 'For ----/All best wishes/Roopa/Farooki'. A novel in which Aruna Jones walks out of her London apartment to return to her life in Singapore. A SCARCE first American edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROOPA FAROOKI. Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed.…