Isabel Bolton (pen name for Mary Britton Miller) left behind a classic evocation of a childhood which, despite the early loss of both parents, the author describes as "complete and round - a perfect whole." Bolton's earliest impressions of her parents are vague - both died of cholera when she was very young - and her memories begin when the five orphaned Miller children are sent to live with their maternal grandmother. In the elegant rooms of her mansion and in the unkempt gardens surrounding the estate, Mary and her ...
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Isabel Bolton (pen name for Mary Britton Miller) left behind a classic evocation of a childhood which, despite the early loss of both parents, the author describes as "complete and round - a perfect whole." Bolton's earliest impressions of her parents are vague - both died of cholera when she was very young - and her memories begin when the five orphaned Miller children are sent to live with their maternal grandmother. In the elegant rooms of her mansion and in the unkempt gardens surrounding the estate, Mary and her identical twin sister Grace find a sheltering refuge. The shared history of the twins is at the book's heart. "It was never I but always we." Bolton writes. But then tragedy strikes, and in this exquisite example of the art of memoir writing, Bolton lyrically recreates the emotional bond which, sixty-eight years later, remained palpably alive.
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Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. 128 pages First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by James & Ruth McCrea. Isabel Bolton is the pen name of Mary Britton Miller. Her memoir of growing up in New England in the late 19th Century with her twin sister. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. A beautiful copy!
Add this copy of Under Gemini: a Memoir to cart. $85.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Harcourt Brace and World.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear. By the author of the acclaimed *New York Mosaic* trilogy. Scarce in this condition.