Winter People - Hardcover
Widower Wayland Jackson and his daughter chance on a small North Carolina mountain village and on Collie Wright and her baby, beginning an idyllic life that ends with the sudden reappearance of Collie's violent ex-lover
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“A lovely novel . . . about families, about the fragile yet durable ties that we establish among ourselves . . . Ehle’s people, all of them, are splendid. Collie, her emotions seesawing as she tries with mounting frustration to keep her life on an even keel, is a person of striking good humor and endearing independence of mind. Wayland, gentle and decent and wry, has a strength that is as quiet as the novel’s. Each of Collie’s three brothers emerges, quickly yet subtly, as a clearly definable individual and, at the same time, a member of a family that is itself a clearly definable entity . . . his descriptive prose is quite marvelous . . . a very substantial piece of work, thoroughly satisfying in every important respect.” —Washington Post
“A spare, funny, harrowing, moving novel drawn with sure, swift strokes.” —Newsweek
“A fine book, rich and haunting and a source of great, deep pleasure.” —Kirkus Reviews
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0333347927
- ISBN 13 9780333347928
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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Book Description Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. Small octavo. 5.5 x 9 in. 272 pp. Near fine in original paper-covered boards, mild foxing to edge of text block and fine pictorial dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 3169
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Ehle on endpaper (signature only)! 1st edition hardcover in jacket. Condition: older book, has some age-toning to the pages, mild wear to the jacket; previous owner names on half-title page. Normal wear from reference. Very nice in protective mylar sleeve. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-1676309951289
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Boards are brown with gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket has clear cellophane crease from the publisher. Name of previous owner on end paper. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page, dated March 27, 1987. No creases or tears. This edition was published in Great Britain in 1983. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 014288
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