West of New Orleans among a few small Gulf islands lies the Isle aux Chiens, a tiny, impoverished strip of land burdened by intolerable heat and roaming packs of wild dogs. Here a handful of Creole families eke out a meager existence by fishing the Gulf waters. Such is the fate of Al Landry and his seventeen-year-old daughter, Annie. All Annie has ever known is the wild sea, but she longs for other people and places, including the glamor of life in the Big Easy. When a cruel, handsome man from the city passes through, he ...
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West of New Orleans among a few small Gulf islands lies the Isle aux Chiens, a tiny, impoverished strip of land burdened by intolerable heat and roaming packs of wild dogs. Here a handful of Creole families eke out a meager existence by fishing the Gulf waters. Such is the fate of Al Landry and his seventeen-year-old daughter, Annie. All Annie has ever known is the wild sea, but she longs for other people and places, including the glamor of life in the Big Easy. When a cruel, handsome man from the city passes through, he kindles Annie's fantasies for a life beyond the island. Soon, the young girl faces a decision: Remain planted in the predictable life she has always known, or toss it all aside for her dreamed-of adventure. The Hard Blue Sky is Grau's debut novel, establishing her as a chronicler of bayou life and the complexities of the Deep South's most impoverished corners.
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Good in Good jacket. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Pages light yellow from age, clean text. Dog-ears on a couple of pages. Corners bent. Edges of spine bumped. Edges of dustwrapper worn and torn. Dustwrapper spine faded. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Jacket designed by George Salter. One page lacking top corner, a few other pages with a diagonal slice through the first several lines of text (not obscuring the text), thus very good in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with a lightly toned spine, a few small chips and tears and modest edgewear. Inscribed by the author: "To Bob with all good wishes Shirley Ann Grau". Author's second book and first novel, set on a small, wind-swept island off the Louisiana coast. Winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel *The Keepers of the House*.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First English edition. Near fine, boards slightly cocked, in a near fine dustwrapper with chipping to the spine and flap folds. Set on a small, wind-swept island off the Louisiana coast. Grau's second book and first novel.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Jacket designed by George Salter. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, near fine in a near fine age-toned dust jacket with only a couple short closed tears on edges. Advance Review Copy with publisher slip and an eight-page stapled promotional leaflet laid in titled "I'm just telling a story about some people..." with a photographic image of Grau taken by Elliott Erwitt on the front cover. Author's second book and first novel, set on a small, wind-swept island off the Louisiana coast. Winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel *The Keepers of the House*.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Owner signature on front pastedown ("E. M Raney, Duncan House, Aug 1958"), else fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light wear and a hint of sunning on the spine. Grau's second book and first novel set on a small, wind-swept island off the Louisiana coast. Winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel *The Keepers of the House.*.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. first edition book, tiny amount of wear on the dust jacket (sealed in protective plastic), tiny amount of wear along the edges of the cover of the book Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
