Buy this book on-line JAFFE, RONA: : AWAY FROM HOMELONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1960. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn but b/w W.H. Smith circulating library bookplate to front pastedown with some partial removal of a couple of its edges,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork,illustrated dw/dj front panel with multi-colour lettering to front+spine; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small closed tear at head of spine's front gutter - no other major nicks or tears present,corner tips minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss.Top edges very lightly toned with negligible foxing/ spotting,fore-edges with light toning and sporadic foxing/spotting and minor blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean foxing restricted to page-edges and not text body,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain pale green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped black letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white eps with minimal blemishes - commensurate with book's age.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-375pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title with precis,title page,a dedication,and an epigram.
Author's second novel,following 'The Best of Everything'.
Rona Jaffe has now turned her sights on a group of young people forced by the husbands' careers to live Away From Home. She dramatizes the dilemmas and temptations of today#s uprooted young couples from anywhere who have to live in strange cities and strange countries,and face the inevitable crises of marriage with neither family nor old friends to confide in.
The setting is Rio,that colourful, frenetic and hypnotic city.
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