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The Way the Crow Flies
de MacDonald, Ann-Marie
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: HarperCollins. Very Good. 2003. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by MacDonald. A hardcover Advance Reading Copy, issued in black cloth without dust jacket. Rubbing, and a tiny smudge to the bottom page edges. A tale of a once-happy family changed forever by one year in the 1960s when the father's participation in Cold War intrigue goes badly.; 714 pages; Signed by Author .
Sinopsis
Eight-year-old Madeline McCarthy loves her new home in the quiet air force base near the Canadian-American border. But when a local murder intersects with global forces Madeline learns that no one -- even her parents -- are as they seem… a lesson she can only begin to understand 20 years later when she resolves to find the truth, and the killer.In her highly anticipated new novel, Ann-Marie MacDonald takes us back to a postwar world. For Madeleine McCarthy, high-spirited and eight years old, her family's posting to a quiet air force base near the Canadian-American border is at first welcome, secure as she is in the love of her family and unaware that her father, Jack, is caught up in his own web of secrets. The early sixties, a time of optimism infused with the excitement of the space race and overshadowed by the menace of the Cold War, is filtered through the rich imagination of a child as Madeleine draws us into her world.But the base is host to some intriguing inhabitants, including the unconventional Froehlich family, and the odd Mr. March, whose power over the children is a secret burden that they carry. Then tragedy strikes, and a very local murder intersects with global forces, binding the participants for life. As the tension in the McCarthys' household builds, Jack must decide where his loyalties lie, and Madeleine learns about the ambiguity of human morality -- a lesson that will become clear only when the quest for the truth, and the killer, is renewed twenty years later.The Way the Crow Flies is a novel that is as compelling as it is rich. With her unerring eye for the whimsical, the absurd, and the quintessentially human, Ann-Marie MacDonald stunningly evokes the pain, confusion, and humor of childhood in a perilous adult world. At once a loving portrayal and indictment of an era, The Way the Crow Flies is a work of great heart and soaring intelligence.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 12271
- Título
- The Way the Crow Flies
- Autor
- MacDonald, Ann-Marie
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First American Edition; First Printing
- Editorial
- HarperCollins
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Girls; Fiction.; Cold War; Fiction.; Military bases; Fiction.; Families of , military personnel; Fiction.; Historical fiction., Ann-marie Macdonald, Signed, FIRST Edition
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Canadian Lit;
Términos de venta
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
Sobre el vendedor
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
Sobre Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
