Max Fried is 76, a former circus performer living out his days in a retirement home. When he volunteers to teach acrobatics at the local high school, he m eets Allison Markham, 13, who is waiting for her life to start. How this unlikely pair helps each other find the things they need is a charming and powerful story.
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Max Fried is 76, a former circus performer living out his days in a retirement home. When he volunteers to teach acrobatics at the local high school, he m eets Allison Markham, 13, who is waiting for her life to start. How this unlikely pair helps each other find the things they need is a charming and powerful story.
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Add this copy of Balancing Acts to cart. $2.99, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by Harper & Row.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; First printing. A gently thumbed copy with a faint and small stain on top edge. Dust jacket has a few short tears and very small chips. Still bright. 216 pp.
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New York. 1981. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0060137029. 216 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Gloria Adelson. Inscribed by the Author. keywords: Literature America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER-A retired acrobat falls under the spell of a teenage girl. inventory #24133.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 216 pages, cream quarter cloth over beige boards. A near fine. clean hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean, slightly worn dust jacket, with original price.
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Very Good in very good jacket. First printing. SIGNED IN FULL BY THE AUTHOR on the half title page. Author's second novel, Small label shadow on front free endpaper, jacket price clipped, else a clean unmarked copy.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall This is a Fine copy of the first edition in a fine dust jacket. This is a review copy with publisher's promo material laid in including a glossy B&W photo of the author.
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Used in Very Good jacket. Hardcoer. DJ covered with protective clear wrap cover One small discoloration on front cover. Inside of DJ stamped with company logo (Highsmith) multiple times. Otherwise very god condition with unmarked pages.
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