Growing up with her adored siblings in a rambling house in Holland -- out of which her parents run an American news-clipping service -- clever, precocious Ellen has an idyllic childhood suffused with Americana. Then, on her twelfth birthday, family disaster strikes, shattering her carefree life. Twenty-five years later, Ellen returns and plunges into the past as she leafs through a faded photo album and confronts the literal and figurative ghosts of her childhood. Seamlessly alternating the past and present, taut with ...
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Growing up with her adored siblings in a rambling house in Holland -- out of which her parents run an American news-clipping service -- clever, precocious Ellen has an idyllic childhood suffused with Americana. Then, on her twelfth birthday, family disaster strikes, shattering her carefree life. Twenty-five years later, Ellen returns and plunges into the past as she leafs through a faded photo album and confronts the literal and figurative ghosts of her childhood. Seamlessly alternating the past and present, taut with Hitchcockian tension and warmed by a redemptive love story, A Heart of Stone is a wise and memorable novel.
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Add this copy of A Heart of Stone to cart. $3.99, good condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Thorndike Press.
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Good. LARGE PRINT! Library withdrawal with the last blank cover page having been sliced out by the library leaving a straight edge. Stamped at the page edge. The book is quite clean and the text flows cleanly in the covers.
Add this copy of A Heart of Stone to cart. $4.99, good condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Thorndike Press.
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Good. LARGE PRINT hardcover edition withdrawn from the library. The card pocket page has been torn out by the library leaving a jagged edge to this page. Slightest forward lean. Large Print text remains bright and presentable. A still useful reliable edtion.
Add this copy of A Heart of Stone to cart. $45.70, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Thorndike Pr.
