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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). 1st Edition. STORED NEW. Book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1677094551105
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 0399141146-11-13965100
Book Description Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 521X7W000F60
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING book is new and priced (24.95) jacket is as new. Set in San francisco and in a remote village of southern China, this is a tale of American pragmatism shaken, and smoothed by Chinese ghosts, What proof of love do we seek between mother and daughter, among sisters lovers and friends? In 1962 Olivia, nearly six years old, meets her adult half sister from China, for the first time, Olivia s neglectful mother who is pursuing a new marriage, can't provide the attention her daughter needs, finds Kwan to be a to be a handy caretaker. The story deals with ghosts, betrayal, love and resentment. This is a wonderful story by a true master of her trade. Book is a collector copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # 001440
Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). UNCORRECTED PROOF. Seller Inventory # BK3416
Book Description Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). 1st edition, 1st printing. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 358 pp, red endpapers. Hardcover in beige/yellow boards; in color illus jacket. Seller Inventory # 30018
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0399141146
Book Description Quarter Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First edition. 8vo. Tan quarter cloth over tan boards with attractive gilt lettering and designs embossed on spine and blind stamp on front board, deep red endpapers, decorated title page and chapter headings, 358 pp. The author uses her characteristic wisdom, grace and humor to conjure a story of the inheritance of love, its secrets and its senses, its illusions and truths. Set in San Francisco and in a remote village in southern China, this is a tale of an American pragmatism shaken and soothed, by Chinese ghosts. What proof of love do we seek between mother and daughter, among sisters, lovers and friends? What are the boundaries and failing? Can love go beyond "Until death do us part?" New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Seller Inventory # EM-B0451-06
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0399141146
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Claire Naylon Vaccaro; Gretchen Shields (illustrator). 1st Edition. Correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. Seller Inventory # 000820