Bridlington,
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE,
UNITED KINGDOM
$12.50
Add this copy of Orphans: Real and Imaginary to cart. $12.50, good condition, Sold by P.N. Emery rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bridlington, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1988 by London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Good. 1st UK edition. Former public library hardback in good condition in a very good condition dust jacket. 259 pages, bibliography. ISBN 0297793306. 41420.
Add this copy of Orphans: Real and Imaginary to cart. $20.85, like new condition, Sold by Shadow Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1988 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Add this copy of Orphans: Real and Imaginary to cart. $22.50, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1988 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Add this copy of Orphans: Real and Imaginary to cart. $55.19, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Weidenfield and Nicolson.
Part memoir and part analysis of orphanhood in literature and life, full of memorable and haunting phrases, this book leaves me wanting to read more of Eileen Simpson's work. The experiences and emotions she describes, like photographs from a vanished era, are poignant and vivid. I especially found fascinating the little glimpses of that lost era tucked here and there in her story - her grandmother in high heels and pearls, chin veil and furs; her uncle driving a Packard with a figure of Mercury on the hood; a photograph of a family member who looked like Adolph Menjou; listening to the radio. All are as vivid to me as the sparkling objects she describes in her grandmother's curio cabinet. Her collections of essays on the state of orphanhood are thought-provoking, and have a special resonance because of her own experiences. It is poignant, tragic, hopeful, and real - a very special read. This book is very hard to describe, but very easy to enjoy.
