Pert, tart, often perfect stories from the eastern seaboard of the USA. Every one of these stories is knowing, wry, sad, funny, engaging, full of unexpected detail, perceptive in the extreme. Heidi Jon Schmidt has an ear for dialogue, but more so for what is unsaid, for the huge chasms of unspoken communication in everyday life. Her heroes are the ever-so-slightly left-of-centre misfits, who are certain there is something missing from their lives but can't quite work out what. Whether her subject is an eleven-year ...
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Pert, tart, often perfect stories from the eastern seaboard of the USA. Every one of these stories is knowing, wry, sad, funny, engaging, full of unexpected detail, perceptive in the extreme. Heidi Jon Schmidt has an ear for dialogue, but more so for what is unsaid, for the huge chasms of unspoken communication in everyday life. Her heroes are the ever-so-slightly left-of-centre misfits, who are certain there is something missing from their lives but can't quite work out what. Whether her subject is an eleven-year-old girl grieving for her dog, a middle-aged man whose wife has left him and must return to live with his mother, an elderly lady whose husband has Alzheimers, a ninety-year-old revered poet, a group of talentless but wildly enthusiastic would-be novelists, she invests them with a credibility that makes one care passionately for them.
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Add this copy of Darling? to cart. $7.47, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Picador.
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Add this copy of Darling? (Signed Copy) to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Carlson Turner Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, ME, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Picador.
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Used; Very Good. Picador. Used; Very Good. Picador, 2001. Hardcover. Previous owner name on front free end page. First edition. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2001. First Edition. HARDCOVER.
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Add this copy of Darling? [Sep 08, 2001] Schmidt, Heidi Jon to cart. $14.95, very good condition, Sold by Book Trader Cafe rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NEW HAVEN, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Picador.
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Very Good. SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING! ! A beautiful copy with only light shelfwear to dustjacket and 6 or 7 tiny coffee stain droplets on top of page block. Still gift quality. Not a remainder copy.
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Good. Bumped edges Creased cover Sun Damage to edge of pages. Book is warped Next working day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.
