San Francisco's edgy lesbian culture is the backdrop for this exploration of identity and secret lives. Alta Corral is a butch girl who is hung up on her first love, a girl nicknamed Shy. In her early twenties, Alta is still searching for Shy, whose reluctant visit home to her dying mother uncovers a hidden, harrowing past. Shy Girl explores the dark territory of silence.
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San Francisco's edgy lesbian culture is the backdrop for this exploration of identity and secret lives. Alta Corral is a butch girl who is hung up on her first love, a girl nicknamed Shy. In her early twenties, Alta is still searching for Shy, whose reluctant visit home to her dying mother uncovers a hidden, harrowing past. Shy Girl explores the dark territory of silence.
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Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0374263523 Signed by Author Signed by Author on title page AND inscription Signed by Author on 2nd half-title. jacket spine top rubbed.
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-1. Flat signed by author Elizabeth Stark on the title page with an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the front. Not personalized. Stated First Edition, first printing with no additional printings noted, in fine/ like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid with no bumps, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The book is in excellent condition with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). Stated 1st edition, no number line (1st printing). Dust jacket has sun-fading to the spine. Book has a stray ink mark to the top of the pageblock, otherwise as new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 212 p. Audience: General/trade. Previous owner's gift inscription on the first free endpaper. The first novel by the author of 'Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). Stated 1st edition, no number line (1st printing). Dust jacket has sun-fading to the spine and bumped corner. Book has mild crimping to the cap and base of spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 212 p. Audience: General/trade. The first novel by the author of 'Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Very Good. Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Farrar Straus and Giroux hardcover w/ DJ, 1999. Book is VG+ to Near Fine, w/ clean text, binding tight enough to suggest it may be unread. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Signed by author on title page. Free delivery confirmation.