"Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ing�enue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, and they begin an ill-advised affair that results in an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. The two are mismatched from the start--she's a lesbian, he's gay--but it takes a decade of emotional erosion before Peggy runs off with their three-year-old daughter, leaving their nine-year-old son behind. Worried that Lee will have her committed for her erratic behavior, ...
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"Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ing�enue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, and they begin an ill-advised affair that results in an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. The two are mismatched from the start--she's a lesbian, he's gay--but it takes a decade of emotional erosion before Peggy runs off with their three-year-old daughter, leaving their nine-year-old son behind. Worried that Lee will have her committed for her erratic behavior, Peggy goes underground, adopting an African American persona for her and her daughter. They squat in a house in an African-American settlement, eventually moving to a housing project where no one questions their true racial identities. As Peggy and Lee's children grow up, they must contend with diverse emotional issues: Byrdie deals with his father's compulsive honesty; while Karen struggles with her mother's lies--she knows neither her real age, nor that she is "white," nor that she has any other family. Years later, a minority scholarship lands Karen at the University of Virginia, where Byrdie is in his senior year. Eventually the long lost siblings will meet, setting off a series of misunderstandings and culminating in a comedic finale worthy of Shakespeare" --
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Fair. Size: 96x14x144; Good ex-library book with protective mylar cover. Stickers on spine, front cover, and inside back cover. Library stamp and note on back of last page. Stain on bottom outer page edges and a few pages are slightly rippled.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Author Nell Zink in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy in a Near Fine dust jacket; a tight, clean and unread copy in excellent condition. A First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending in a 1. Signed and dated on the Title page, by Author Nell Zink, in person, on September 22, 2019, during her author participation at the Brooklyn Book Festival. An event announcement will be included. " Mislaid" is a novel of thrillingly complicated sympathies. "Mislaid" was long listed for the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction. Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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Used book in good and clean conditions. Pages and cover are intact. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks. Fast Shipping.
