THE MOST WANTED - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Jacquelyn Mitchard - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE

Mitchard, Jacquelyn

ISBN 10: 0670878847 / ISBN 13: 9780670878840

Published by New York City, NY: Viking, 1998, 1998

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 407 pages. Published in 1998. The author's second novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Most Wanted". An altogether different novel from her previous bestseller. The writer who was catapulted to immense national renown with her bestselling debut novel, "The Deep End of The Ocean", returns with a bang. "A naive teenage girl in South Texas falls in love with her prison pen pal. The object of her affection is a charming and dangerously handsome young felon who romances her through his letters. After a love affair that defies all conventions, they marry and have a child while the father is still imprisoned. But when he escapes prison to claim his wife and child, what started as a passionate romance turns into a terrifying ordeal of obsession and desire" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Jacquelyn Mitchard collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jacquelyn Mitchard. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JACQUELYN MITCHARD TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0670878847. Seller Inventory # 1201

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE MOST WANTED - Scarce Fine Copy of The ...

Publisher: New York City, NY: Viking, 1998

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The author follows her best-seller, The Deep End of the Ocean, with the story of a Texas teenaged girl, her outlaw husband, and the lawyer who becomes her surrogate mother. 800,000 first printing. BOMC Alt. Tour.

Review:

Arley Mowbray is a drop-dead gorgeous 14-year-old, who, with her long, muscular frame and mature, collected manner could easily pass for 18. And pass she does. On a dare from her outspoken best friend, Elena Gutierrez, Arley writes to convict Dillon LeGrande in prison and convinces him she's a college student (though she hasn't made it out of junior high). Therein begins an ill-fated love story that myths are made of and men die for--except that's not what Dillon has in mind. Living in south Texas in a poor Tex-Mex community, Arley dreams of a less provincial life and secretly begins a love affair with Dillon via correspondence, which produces a flurry of poetry and achy-breaky love songs. Against the wishes of family and friends, Arley weds her amour, who promptly fathers her child, breaks out of prison, and mysteriously disappears. Fortunately for Arley, she has found a guardian angel in the form of Annie Singer, a straight-talking public defender from New York. Annie becomes the mother Arley never had, protecting her from Dillon and a love-starved home. Despite the strength of their bond, both underestimate Dillon's determination to get his child, no matter the cost. Jacquelyn Mitchard's first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was the first to receive Oprah's benediction, instantly making it a bestseller and thrusting Mitchard into the halls of literary stardom. Oprah's picks tend to stay within the thematic boundaries of overcoming dysfunction, harping on the nitty-gritty details of abuse. However, The Most Wanted boldly strides away from this and examines the many dimensions of motherhood, realistically depicting the ties that bind women, while supporting beyond debate that, yes, good girls do fall for bad boys. --Rebekah Warren