Eleven Stories High is a memoir of a middle-class New York childhood, the perceptions of a girl growing up in a housing project that she deemed a "utopia of the fifties." The story follows the process of memory, rather than the conventions of chronology, and explores the concept of "home," how a place like Stuyvesant Town--impersonal, symmetrical, utilitarian--shapes a childhood.
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Eleven Stories High is a memoir of a middle-class New York childhood, the perceptions of a girl growing up in a housing project that she deemed a "utopia of the fifties." The story follows the process of memory, rather than the conventions of chronology, and explores the concept of "home," how a place like Stuyvesant Town--impersonal, symmetrical, utilitarian--shapes a childhood.
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Signed by author on title page with inscription to previous owner. First Edition, first printing in near fine / very good condition. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear and light interior foxing. Foxing at head and fore edges. Pages are clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. Not price clipped. No remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Signed by author with inscription to previous owner. First Edition in near fine / very good condition. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear, with corner crease on back fold. Two corner creased pages. Pages are otherwise clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. Unclipped DJ. No remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.