Wise, funny, and utterly original, Marbles is the story of a who grows up in rural Alabama in the 1930s. He learns about life from a unique group of characters, including his zealous aunt (who is the town lush), his racy uncle (a WWI pilot), his best friend (a math and music whiz), and his first sweetheart, the minister's vestal daughter (who turns out to be anything but).
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Wise, funny, and utterly original, Marbles is the story of a who grows up in rural Alabama in the 1930s. He learns about life from a unique group of characters, including his zealous aunt (who is the town lush), his racy uncle (a WWI pilot), his best friend (a math and music whiz), and his first sweetheart, the minister's vestal daughter (who turns out to be anything but).
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**STOCK PHOTOS AND CATALOG INFO MAY VARY FROM ACTUAL BOOK, PLEASE REFER TO SELLER PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE SELLER PHOTO SHOWS THE EXACT COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE** This is a used book in GOOD condition. May have minor defects such as wearing to outside cover, a name written on inside cover, or a few notations throughout. Hardcover edition. Includes original dust jacket.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0151570558. This specific hardback book is in fine condition with very minimal wear and a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased but with black marker remainer marks on the top and bottom edges of the pages. The dust jacket is in fine condition with only the slightest bit of cover or edge wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "In a coming-of-age novel colored with antebellum mansions, moonshine, deadly moccasins, and marbles, Silas O'Riley Simeon must sift through mixed messages sent to him as he grows up with eccentric characters in rural Alabama in the 1930s."; 8.5 X 5.9 X 1.2 inches; 294 pages.
