Patty Dann Mermaids Signed 1st/1st 1986 Ticknor & Fields First Edition DJ

Th is is a signed first edition in good condition. It was published by Ticknor & Fields in 1986. Flax was happiest when she was leaving a place, but I wanted to stay put long enough to fall down crazy and hear the Word of God. I always called my mother Mrs. So begins this extraordinary first novel about one wild year in the life of fourteen-year-old Charlotte Flax, when she and her sister Kate move with Mrs.

Flax into a sleepy 1960's Massachusetts town. Flax is a woman who wears polka-dot dresses and serves hors d'oeuvres for dinner every night, and Kate is a child who basically wants to be a fish. And then there's Charlotte, who in Patty Dann's hands, is transformed into a young woman of infinite whim and variety. Charlotte's main ambition in life is to become a saint, preferably martyred, though she's Jewish.

She's smitten with the shy young caretaker at the convent at the top of the hill. Dann has created a young girl who accepts the unkindness of the mad universe in which she's whirling and takes it on with a savage glee.

Charlotte Flax is like no one you have ever met - and someone you know very well. This is a 1st Edition / 1st Printing (The number string is: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Book - Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a spine lean, slight discolouration to the covers, v.

Slight bumping to a couple of page corners, slight marking to the page edges, some foxing/discolouration to the page edges, v. Slight darkening to the top page edges and soft even tanning to the pages. Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a couple of v.

Some marking, indentations, foxing, discolouration and creasing. The DJ is in a protective plastic sleeve non-adhesiv. Photos/scans are always of the actual book for sale, and more can be supplied upon request.

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