Mattie Fiona Blue, recently widowed and filled with grief, spins a tale of her beloved husband Nick - his birth, his love of the sea, his haunted fear of drowning, their romantic and devoted love for each other, and his death - a death always, as it seemed, foretold by family legend. While mourning Nick, Mattie tells us of her own life as she journeys from the loneliness of a broken home and a disapproving mother to the chaotic, mythic, abundant sphere of the sprawling Greek-American Blue family, whose ties to the sea ...
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Mattie Fiona Blue, recently widowed and filled with grief, spins a tale of her beloved husband Nick - his birth, his love of the sea, his haunted fear of drowning, their romantic and devoted love for each other, and his death - a death always, as it seemed, foretold by family legend. While mourning Nick, Mattie tells us of her own life as she journeys from the loneliness of a broken home and a disapproving mother to the chaotic, mythic, abundant sphere of the sprawling Greek-American Blue family, whose ties to the sea extend across generations, continents and time. An exploration of grief and transcendence, Remembering Blue is an unforgettable, beautifully told story that will affirm Connie May Fowler's place at the forefront of American writers.
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This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact, but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs. Spine may also show signs of wear. Pages may include some notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Good. RELIABLE library withdrawal in the plastic, protective covers. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket removed from the last blank inside cover page leaving a mark. Some scuff to the covers and the page edge. This edition is presentable.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Near Fine in Nearr Fine jacket. Size: 6x0x9; Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 290 pages, gray quarter cloth with silver title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; Inscribed by Fowler on the title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 290pp.
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Fine. No Jacket. The advance reading copy of this novel by a writer who won the 1996 Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
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Like New. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Like New. Like New dust jacket. Signed by author on laid-in bookplate. Press release laid in. In protective mylar cover.