A moving, sometimes hilarious account of a family trying to hold itself together, "A Stone of the Heart "chronicles the dysfunction of a Queens, New York, Irish-Catholic family. Set in 1961, the book is narrated by the family's oldest son, fourteen-year-old Michaeloverweight and obsessed with baseball statisticswho is trying to come to grips with his parents' disastrous marriage, his younger brother's retreat into silence, and his grandparents' faltering efforts to help. In baseball Michael finds the orderliness and clarity ...
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A moving, sometimes hilarious account of a family trying to hold itself together, "A Stone of the Heart "chronicles the dysfunction of a Queens, New York, Irish-Catholic family. Set in 1961, the book is narrated by the family's oldest son, fourteen-year-old Michaeloverweight and obsessed with baseball statisticswho is trying to come to grips with his parents' disastrous marriage, his younger brother's retreat into silence, and his grandparents' faltering efforts to help. In baseball Michael finds the orderliness and clarity lacking in his personal world; but when Roger Maris's sixty-first home run at the end of the season both does and doesn't break Babe Ruth's record, he comes to a tenuous understanding of life's shades of gray, enabling him to begin to forgive his alcoholic father and feckless mother."
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Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart to cart. $9.50, like new condition, Sold by Bradley Ross Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Auburn, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Four Walls Eight Windows.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing Four Walls Eight Windows 1990. Fine hardcover in a near fine Brodart protected dust jacket. Crisp and unread. Dj NOT priceclipped. No writings.
Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart (First Edition) to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Dan Pope Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEST Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Thunder's Mouth Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Cloth. First printing. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A tight copy, which appears unread, without any marks, with slight wear to upper corners. Dust jacket is clean and bright with price of $15.95 intact on front flap, and some wear to corners and extremities. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free.
Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart to cart. $10.48, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Thunder's Mouth Pr.
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Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart to cart. $10.48, good condition, Sold by Blue Vase Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Interlochen, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Thunder's Mouth Pr.
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The item shows wear from consistent use but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover if applicable. Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs access code or other supplemental materials.
Add this copy of Stone of the Heart to cart. $25.16, good condition, Sold by Literary Cat Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Machynlleth, Powys, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Four Walls Eight Windows.
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Good in Good dust jacket. 0941423409. Dustjacket in removable plastic protective cover. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers, corners and dustjacket.; 14.5 x 22 x 2cm; 131 pages.
Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart to cart. $39.14, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Four Walls Eight Windows.
Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart to cart. $42.57, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Thunder's Mouth Pr.
Add this copy of A Stone of the Heart: a Novel to cart. $45.88, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Southern Methodist Univ Pr.
