"At the Shores" is a classic novel of love in America. Set in the Indiana dunes and Chicago, it tells the story of Jerry Engels, an appealing, handsome, middle-class boy, who even in elementary school finds himself forever in love: "He loved the girls in his class, the girls on the block, the maid at home, his sister's friends, some of his mother's friends. . . . He even loved girls he just happened to see out the window of the car." In high school--the renowned University of Chicago Laboratory High School--he strives to ...
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"At the Shores" is a classic novel of love in America. Set in the Indiana dunes and Chicago, it tells the story of Jerry Engels, an appealing, handsome, middle-class boy, who even in elementary school finds himself forever in love: "He loved the girls in his class, the girls on the block, the maid at home, his sister's friends, some of his mother's friends. . . . He even loved girls he just happened to see out the window of the car." In high school--the renowned University of Chicago Laboratory High School--he strives to make the grades his academically superb sister made and his parents expect, but as the world becomes erotically charged for him, he finds it hard to study. Unlike other boys, who live according to the "approved doctrine that there are other things in the world besides girls--politics, cars, sports, finding out about things and fixing things, and making money"--Jerry cares only about girls. For him, "girls are a kind of blessing. When he saw a girl like Betty Lomax walking through Belfield Hall with a fresh flower tucked into her hair, he felt like kissing her out of gratitude for having bought that flower and put it in her hair." Then, at the end of his junior year, he falls deeply, passionately in love with Rosalind Ingleside, the most beautiful, respected, and wealthy girl in school, and for almost all of one summer Jerry's dream of loving and being loved is fulfilled. "If I had a class in American Adolescence, I'd teach "At the Shores" in tandem with "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Growing Up Absurd." This meticulously perceived and modest novel about growing up in America anything but absurd is probably closer to more lives than we might suspect. It does wonders for one's sense of reality." - Philip Roth
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Add this copy of At the Shores: a Novel to cart. $5.22, good condition, Sold by GoodwillVSB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxnard, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Other Press (NY).
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Good. The book is nice and 100% readable, but the book has visible wear which may include stains, scuffs, scratches, folded edges, sticker glue, torn on front pagehighlighting, notes, and worn corners.
Add this copy of At Shores to cart. $6.00, good condition, Sold by Dunaway Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Simon & Schuster.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean, unmarked pages, tight binding, moderate wear, including some dog-eared pages.
Add this copy of At Shores to cart. $8.94, good condition, Sold by Dailey Ranch Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Simon & Schuster.
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Good. USED Good Former Library book Hardcover with Dust Jacket. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Dust jacket is in Good condition with some cover scuff/indents on cover. Some pages inside may be folded or wrinkled. It has school and/or library name blacked out with marker or white blackout sticker on page edges, cover and inside. Reinforced with library tape on some inside pages.
Add this copy of At Shores to cart. $12.31, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Simon & Schuster.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Add this copy of At the Shores to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Xerxes Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Glen Head, NY, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of At Shores to cart. $41.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Simon & Schuster.
