'I watched my father run forward in his snowshoes the way one sometimes does in dreams, unable to make the legs move fast enough. I ran to the place where he knelt. I looked down into the sleeping bag. A tiny face gazed up at me, the eyes wide despite their many folds. The baby was wrapped in a bloody towel, and its lips were blue.' The events of a December afternoon on which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow will forever alter eleven-year- old Nicky Dillon's understanding of the world which she ...
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'I watched my father run forward in his snowshoes the way one sometimes does in dreams, unable to make the legs move fast enough. I ran to the place where he knelt. I looked down into the sleeping bag. A tiny face gazed up at me, the eyes wide despite their many folds. The baby was wrapped in a bloody towel, and its lips were blue.' The events of a December afternoon on which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow will forever alter eleven-year- old Nicky Dillon's understanding of the world which she is about to enter and the adults who inhabit it: a father who has taken great pains to remove himself from society in order to put behind him an unthinkable tragedy; a young woman who must live with the consequences of the terrible choices she has made; and a detective whose cleverness is superseded only by his sense of justice. Written from the point of view of thirty-year-old Nicky as she recalls the vivid images of that fateful December, hers is a tale of love and courage, of tragedy and redemption, and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.
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Good. No dust jacket. About The Book: -I watched my father run forward in his snowshoes the way one sometimes does in dreams; unable to make the legs move fast enough. i ran to the place where he knelt. i looked down into the sleeping bag. a tiny face gazed up at me; the eyes wide despite their many folds. the baby was wrapped in a bloody towel; and its lips were blue. ` the events of a december afternoon on which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow will forever alter eleven-year-old nicky dillon`s understanding of the world which she is about to enter and the adults who inhabit it: a father who has taken great pains to remove himself from society in order to put behind him an unthinkable tragedy; a young woman who must live with the consequences of the terrible choices she has made; and a detective whose cleverness is superseded only by his sense of justice. written from the point of view of thirty-year-old nicky as she recalls the vivid images of that fateful december; hers is a tale of love and courage; of tragedy and redemption; and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Sceptre Publishers in 2005 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse The text is in English.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Little, Brown, 2004. First UK edition-first printing. Purple hardback(pink lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages as new with light shelf wear on the outer edges.275pp. Price un-clipped.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Very Good or better condition, Near Fine, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own). Are you outside UK? Then unless you arrange shipping 'Via Alibris' we WILL cancel your order; this is due to the derisory shipping allowance that Alibris make to sellers for overseas orders.
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Good. * The eleventh novel by the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling Anita Shreve is a story of love and courage, of tragedy and redemption and of the human heart. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear. 2005. New edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Like New. 2005. Reprint. Paperback. 336pp. Keywords: "Contemporary, Literary, Shreve, Anita, General". Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.