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A PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
by Berne, Suzanne
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1565122615
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122611
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The prize-winning Berne raises intriguing questions about the perfect family and families that "have it all" in this novel featuring Mirella and Howard Cook-Goldman, who both have careers, two children, a golden retriever and an historic colonial house in a quaint New England village. Except the children have problems, the house is a wreck, and Howard's career is stalling just when Mirella's is taking off. And they need a new au pair to replace the one who just left. Enter Randi Gill, the perfect nanny, who soon has house, kids and neighborhood in working order. But perfection is hard to maintain and when the new situation forces husband and wife to reveal secrets they've kept from each other, it also forces the perfect nanny to reveal secrets of her own. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only a touch of wear on the upper edges, no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.
Synopsis
Suzanne Berne's first novel, A Crime in the Neighborhood , won Great Britain's Orange Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book, as well as a finalist for both the Los Angeles Times and the Edgar Allen Poe first fiction awards. A teacher at Harvard University, she has published fiction and essays in numerous magazines and been a frequent contributor to the New York Times .
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005340
- Title
- A PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
- Author
- Berne, Suzanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1565122615
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122611
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, MASSACHUSETTS, ,NUCLEAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Fine Literature; New England;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Fine
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