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Good, fair. 24 cm, 321, DJ worn and soiled, edges and boards somewhat worn and soiled. Inscribed by the author. A Quaker daughter leaves and returns to find herself. Susan Shreve also wrote Children of Power.
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Good in Fair jacket. 321 pages. Signed by author. Inscribed on Title page. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears, and chip at bottom of spine. Susan Shreve (also known as Susan Richards Shreve) is an American novelist, memoirist, and children's book author. She has published fourteen novels, most recently You Are the Love of My Life, and a memoir Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood. She has also published thirty books for children, most recently The Lovely Shoes, and co-edited five anthologies. Shreve founded the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing program at George Mason University in 1980, where she teaches fiction writing. She is the co-chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Novel about a memorable family that try to maintain the Quaker faith. The central character is Julia, who leaves home to become an actress. At age 40 she comes back after she is willed the family Bible. In Miracle Play, Susan Richards Shreve has created one of the most memorable families in recent literature. What makes the Howells unusual is that they are loved and loving' what makes them unforgettable is the ways in which they damage each other through an excess of love. If they have proved too independent to maintain the Quaker faith of their ancestors, they have nevertheless remained conscientious objectors, not simply to war but to everything that threatens the spirit and imagination.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0688004822. Inscribed on title page, "For Pat (? ) with best wishes, Susan Richards Shreve."; tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; Signed by Author.