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small red hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (NAP). 212p. memoirs. biography. autobiography. ~An unquenchable hunger for joy leads many today to sway with untamed movements of the heart and turn away from the difficult challenges they inevitably come up against. But is it by escaping from the rough edges of work~a~day life that durable joy is achieved? The protagonists of these fifteen true stories say no. A singular collection of nonfictional short stories peopled by intense and searching individuals who want more than sterile occupation out of their existence. These commanding perspectives of life testify to the fascination and artistic merit that true accounts can possess. In their presentation, a standard of realism is sought that does not violate the feelings and sentiments of the people involved. Though the stories are based on values that may not be shared by everybody, they eventually unravel into manifestations of a humanity worthy of consideration by people of the most varied life~views. Julian Brooks is the American member of a team of five who have gathered information and have written the many stories from which the fifteen in this book have been selected. This team also includes, Jacqueline Dupuis of France, Vera Araujo of Brazil, Guglielmo Boselli and Mila Romagnoli of Italy. Collections from this common pool of stories have been published in German (Jetzt oder nie), French (28 Histoires Vraies), Italian (Racconti di vita vissuta), Spanish (Primeros pasos), and Portuguese (30 Fatos + 1 ). Contents =WOMEN ARE SOMETIMES JUST MORE DOMESTIC THAN MEN / TIMOTHY TRINITROTOLUENE / UNIVERSITY UNDER SIEGE / IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN WASH OUT YOUR SHIRTS / SIX HEADS INSTEAD OF ONE / A PLOT OF GROUND CRADLING A MEMORY? / SIXTY DAYS IN ORIENTAL WATERS / JULIE'S BEAUTY TREATMENT / THE IMPERTURBABLE MR. BRIGGS / TO BE A MOTHER MEANS. / THE FILES OF A POLICEWOMAN / WITH SOULS BARED / A FLORENTINE TEEN / I WALK WITH VINCENT / THE CRUEL DILEMMA. Seller Inventory # 11172006
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