A Gracious Plenty: A Novel

New York, NY: Crown Publishers: Harmony Books. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1997) First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shows very mild rubbing to the edges of the gold-toned background field of the backstrip and along the bottom edge of the front panel; a faint crease to the upper rear corner tip and to the rear endpapers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Small 8vo. (7.9 x 5.1 x 0.65 inches). Language: English. Weight: 8.8 ounces. Trade Paperback. Badly burned in a household accident when she was a child, Finch Nobles grows into a courageous and feisty loner who eschews the pity of her hometown and discovers that she can hear the voices of the people buried in her father's cemetery. Finally, when she speaks to them, they answer, telling their stories in a remarkable chorus of regrets, explanations, and insights. A Gracious Plenty is like an extraordinary amalgam of Steinbeck and Faulkner, Spoon River Anthology and Our Town. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 205 pages .