Haven't Any News: Ruby's Letters from the Fifties (Life Writing)
Staebler, Edna [Editor] *Signed*
Language: English
Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995
- First Edition
- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, CanadaHeroes Bookshop
AbeBooks seller since September 19, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.53
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Signed and inscribed by Edna Staebler on the title page, this copy is tight clean and has an unmarked interior.light wear to the edges.
Seller Inventory # 0042827
- Title
- Haven't Any News: Ruby's Letters from the Fifties (Life Writing)
- Author
- Staebler, Edna [Editor] *Signed*
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0889202486
- ISBN 13
- 9780889202481
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 14 ounces
- Dimensions
- 7x0x9
""Ruby wrote letters home almost every week....She wrote anything that came into her head: about her children and Fred, her housekeeping, food, clothes, her friends, activities, schemes for making money, her dreams for the future....Her letters, nave, intimate and lively, were always optimistic or poignant. We'd read them to each other on the phone or pass them around. Often we saved them.""
So writes Edna Staebler in her introduction to this edited collection of her sister Ruby's letters from the fifties. In 1957 when Edna first began to collect and edit these letters she did so simply because she was sure that others would enjoy reading them as much as her own family did. Over fifty years later, the letters remain a joy to read and reclaim the ordinary voice of a housewife. Remarkably, these letters echo themes academics want to isolate in order to analyze women's roles in the modern world - drifting (""life just happened to me"") and contingency (""women's lives depend on relationships""), for example, as well as the balance between family and work. As a fine example of women's life writing they also illustrate the literary patterns of overt and covert stories and of textual and subtextual meaning.
Haven't Any News: Ruby's Letters from the Fifties includes an Afterword by Marlene Kadar, Associate Professor of Humanities at York University and a leading expert on women's life writing. All those concerned with women's studies and with the social history of twentieth-century Canada will find this book of enormous interest and it will delight Edna Staebler fans everywhere.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Marlene Kadar is an associate professor in humanities and women's studies at York University, and the former director of the graduate programme in interdisciplinary studies.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Heroes Bookshop
Paris, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since September 19, 2001
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 9 business days | 3 to 5 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 7.54 | £ 11.31 |
Payment methods
- Direct Debit
- Paypal
Store description
Heroes Bookshop: a house full of books! We have a huge inventory of Philosophy, History, Sociology, Religion, Children's Books,Literature,vast amounts of Canadian History and much much more. Come and browse...we ship from Niagara Falls, New York and Paris Ontario Daily!
Specialty
Antiquarian....ect......, Canadian History, General History and Biography, Fiction, Signed First EditionsSeller's business information
Heroes Bookshop
ON, Canada
Terms of sale
Checks and money orders in US$ or CDN$ equivalent accepted. We do not handle credit card sales directly. Buyers may use VISA/MC through ABE.
Books ordered via e-mail or telephone will be held for fourteen days, or until receipt of payment.
Returns: All sales considered final except in cases of misrepresentation of book condition or publication details. Complaints should be received via e-mail within 24 hours of receipt of book.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Heroes Bookshop, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A., +1 519-209-5909, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.