All unhappy families are alike, to invert Tolstoy, but each happy family is happy in its own way. Although they live in a rambling white house in a midwestern town called Meadows, the Cutters are too irreducibly real to stand in for the average all-American family created by pollsters, popular magazines, and television sitcoms. They compete for the reader's attention, pursuing happiness in human ways that have not changed since 1926, when "The Cutters" was first published. But it is Nell Cutter who best illustrates Bess ...
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All unhappy families are alike, to invert Tolstoy, but each happy family is happy in its own way. Although they live in a rambling white house in a midwestern town called Meadows, the Cutters are too irreducibly real to stand in for the average all-American family created by pollsters, popular magazines, and television sitcoms. They compete for the reader's attention, pursuing happiness in human ways that have not changed since 1926, when "The Cutters" was first published. But it is Nell Cutter who best illustrates Bess Streeter Aldrich's strength in drawing memorable characters. Whether she is decorating the house on a budget for wealthy guests or testing child-raising theories or trying to make the daily loaf a little more yeasty, Nell Cutter is not afraid to ex-periment. She may go out on a limb, but it is seldom a dead one.
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Add this copy of The Cutters, to cart. $30.28, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1944 by Triangle books.
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Good. Good hardcover with fair DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. Light stain on pages fore edge. Covers show light edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with creases and edge tears. Previous owner's inscription on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of The Cutters to cart. $18.72, very good condition, Sold by HPB Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Univ of Nebraska Pr.
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Add this copy of The Cutters to cart. $34.00, fair condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by triangle Books.
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Acceptable; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes sm8vo; 276 pages; acceptable hardcover no dustjacket; tips bumped and bend; scuff and some fading to face board; spine slanting; spine head and heal bumped; tanned pages; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.
