TRAYNOR,JOANNA:: sister Josephine.[Author SIGNED copy.]

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TRAYNOR,JOANNA: : sister Josephine.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1997.

ISBN 0747535116.

UK,8vo paperback original,author SIGNED/ inscribed p/back,1st edn.FINE.Appears an unread copy as no spine/backstrip reading creases present.No owner inscrptn,but warmly dedicated/signed,in ink:"Cheers Rosie - Hope you enjoy it Joanna." to title-page.Two-tone colour photographic upper wrap, photograph in different two-tone colours repeated to inner rear wrap; two-tone colour author portrait photograph to verso of upper wrap, yellow+white letters synopsis to rear wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright, tight and near pristine.8vo,3-216pp includes half-title+title pages,Pts 1+2 containing 22 chapters. When people asked her where she was from, Josephine sent their curious minds sunbathing under the palm trees of the Caribbean.She didn't know where she was from.No-one did except her mother and where was she? Josephine lost her parents to foster parents who told her little about her past and much less about the future.As a trainee nurse Josephine is railroaded through the fragile world of the suffering and relaxes by seeking sex and sometimes solace, smuggling men into the nurses' home or locking herself away from it all.'Gobby' and branded as a trouble-maker, Josephine will not cower down to ward sisters or anyone else who stands in her way.Her friends Kevin and Sylvie are ill-equipped to see the big picture in all its glory.Standing on her own two feet, Josephine mops up blood, holds hands with the dying, but will she be able to hang onto the 'real Josephine' - the one inside.Authoress's debut novel and winner of the SAGA Prize, founded in 1994 by authoress and actress Marsha Hunt to encourage unpublished Black novelists born in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Sponsored by the SAGA Group, the award is £3,000 plus publication of the winning manuscript.Winners published in paperback original, paperback 1st edns format. 'sister josephine' is the second winner of this prize.A nice, uncommon, SIGNED edn.See also for a similar copy. Please contact seller,due to the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo pb original,signed+dedicated,1st.

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