With the death of her mother, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Freed from the trammels of convention she leaves Australia for a European tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small French hotel. But creating other people's lives, even in love and pity, can lead to madness. Her ability to reconcile joy and sorrow is an unbearable torture to her. On the journey home, Theodora finds there is little to choose between the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality. She looks for ...
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With the death of her mother, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Freed from the trammels of convention she leaves Australia for a European tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small French hotel. But creating other people's lives, even in love and pity, can lead to madness. Her ability to reconcile joy and sorrow is an unbearable torture to her. On the journey home, Theodora finds there is little to choose between the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality. She looks for peace, even if it is beyond the borders of insanity...
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Add this copy of The Aunt's Story to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by A Cappella Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by The Viking Press.
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Very Good in Fair jacket. Octavo. In heavily edgeworn jacket top & bottom of spine. Appears to be knawed upon by silverfish or some such creature. DJ also darkened at margins and small spine. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Foxing/tanning on end pages. Previous reader's name in ink upon front pastedown. Foxing top edge and fore-edge of textblock. [281 pages]
Add this copy of The Aunt's Story to cart. $24.10, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of The Aunt's Story to cart. $24.10, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Viking Books.
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Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
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Fine in VG jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in black cloth with bronze titles tp=o spine, in yellow card jacket with black titles and red bar, 8vo. Viking reissue, 1974 (1st is 1948) (. 281pp. Fine/VG to VG+. Book is as new: clean, very sharp cloth with bright stamped titles; strong, square, somewhat stiff binding; pages clean and unmarked. Jacket has reddish-brown toning around edges and on spne (no effect on titles), 1/8" x 1/8" chip upper rear hinge end; central wraps clean with bright background color and strong titles. Jacket in Brodart.
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