Book by Miner Valerie
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"Chrissie and Margaret are beautifully drawn characters, full of prickly yearnings and well-practiced defenses against the stacked deck of life. . . . Miner's tough, spare prose turns wonderfully eloquent . . . with an integrity that celebrates a special kind of affection." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Miner is a writer of reach, audacity, range, uniquely important to understanding our time. . . . A poet of the city, the everyday urban life, she gives us its beat, its struggling human beings, its work life, its politics, its interrelationships; best of all, its old women on the edge of survival. . . . A U.S.A. seldom portrayed." --Tillie Olsen, author of Silences "In Winter's Edge, Valerie Miner brings us two wonderful old women whose relationship is feisty, tender, and deep. No fluff about senior citizens here! In the whole novel we live close to the marrow of humanity itself, its sordid side never evaded, its rich amalgam celebrated with fervor. What a splendid novel this is!" --May Sarton, author of Journal of a SolitudeSet in one block of San Francisco's Tenderloin district in the late 1970s, Winter's Edge centers around the lives of two working-class women in their sixties: Chrissie MacInnes, a tough, outspoken, Scottish-born waitress, and the more subdued Margaret Sawyer, a clerk in a news shop. When a local political election threatens their neighborhood with gentrification, it also threatens their friendship: Chrissie fights fiercely for her values and her home, while Margaret tries not to "get involved." But when the election battle leads to arson and violence, they join forces to find the culprit - and in the process, find the courage to reexamine their pasts, face their fears for the future, and affirm the importance of friendship and of community.
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Librería: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: VG-. Paperback. VG-. pp. 203, light rubbing, crease in back cover, light wear bottom corner, two light spots on fore-edge and bottom corner. Nº de ref. del artículo: 117208
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Librería: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: VG. 203pp. Extremities lightly rubbed. Nº de ref. del artículo: 078478
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Librería: Newsboy Books, Ontario, CA, Estados Unidos de America
PAPERBACK. Condición: Fine. 1558611509 New. Very minor cover shelf wear. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1558611509NE
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Librería: Amazing Books Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Unmarked text. Pages beginning to yellow, front and back cover slightly bent upwards. Lh. Nº de ref. del artículo: D15677
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Soft Cover. Condición: new. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781558611504
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Librería: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. Unused. A few light scratches and minor shelf wear on cover. Content is fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: 055906-8
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Condición: Fine. Book is in new condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: HP-8332-X
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Librería: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: Abebooks387792
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Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!. Nº de ref. del artículo: Q-1558611509
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