The Boys: Or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter de Terpstra, John - 2005-08-15

Gaspereau Pr, 2005. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Canadian Soft Covered first edition, first printing. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

Gaspereau Pr, 2005. Third Printing. . Soft cover. Fine. clean tight copy

Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2005. Sheetmusic. Very good/Fine. Unpaginated. 22 cm. B&w photos. Black card covers in white jacket. Inscribed by author on title page. Owner signature on first leaf. Slight spine lean.

Gaspereau Press, 2005 The story of the author's "wife's family and the short lives of her three brothers..." Card covers with DJ. Bright clean copy.

Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press, 2005. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. NF./NF.. 8x5x0. Literary memoir. Trade paperback with dustwrapper. Unpaginated.

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Press Printers and Publishers, 2005. First Canadian Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [144]pp. Motif decorated black card wrapper w fine grey lettering on spine is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. DJ is clean and without wear. Octavo. This is a smyth-sewn paperback bound in card stock with a letterpress-printed jacket.

Gaspereau Press, August 2005. Paper Back. New. <i>Prognosis varies. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy generally strikes during childhood and results in death within 10 to 15 years of onset. Death commonly results from sudden heart failure, respiratory failure, or infection.</i> John Terpstra, a poet and carpenter, married Mary Ann, the electrician's daughter. Her three younger brothers, Neil, Eric, and Paul, were all stricken with the disease. The parents, Corey ('Boss') the electrician, and his wife Fran ('Mumphy') took what was given them and created a home for this family- a backbreaking labor almost impossible to imagine. This book is John Terpstra's memoir of a family's life together. It is a memoir in poet's terms, each sentence bearing the weight of a paragraph, each paragraph a book. It is written with great beauty and reverence, yet sparely: the author never forces emotion on you. His subjects wouldn't have wanted it. They lived… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Gaspereau Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!