Stones for Ibarra

Viking Adult, 1984-01-03. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 20x20x20. 000-431: Trade Size PAPERBACK with 214 pages. No defects except for tiny foxing on top page edges. Appears to be an unread or very gently read book. A beautiful, square, tight copy with clean, unmarked pages. Gift Quality. Californians Sara and Richard Everton move to Ibarra, a village in central Mexico, where Richard plans to reopen the copper mine his grandfather had worked before the Revolution of 1910. Six months after arriving, Richard learns he has leukemia. Their Ibarra neighbors offer home remedies, for they have a companionship with death daily and without surprise, the people of Ibarra meet their individual dooms and accept as inevitable the hail on the ripe corn, the vultures at the heart of the starved cow, the stillborn child. Creating stories about the villagers, Sara gives them happy endings, the kind she wants for Richard's story. After his death, in a California hospital, Sara returns to Ibarra, and the villagers bring stones to mark their remembrance of Richard. States First Viking Press Paperback Edition 1984.