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A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural pastDottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace amidst the squalor of her childhood by spinning warm tales of affection about her beautiful names. But she knows nothing of their origins, and little of her family history – or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain.At seventeen, she takes on the burden of responsibility for her brother and sister and is obsessed with keeping the family together. However, as Sophie, lumpen yet voluptuous, drifts away, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into the world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Building on her fragmented, tantalising memories, she begins to clear a path through life, gradually gathering the confidence to take risks, to forge friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her.
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Dottie
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Random House UK Publishing, 1990
ISBN 10: 0224027808
ISBN 13: 9780224027809
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Condition: Good. Very Good Minus in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; The back of the dust jacket is shelfworn with an area of lamination ridge-marks to the lower right corner of the front of the jacket, otherwise jacket is clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with minor scuffing to the back board; All three textblock sides are unblemished; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.1 lbs; Black dust jacket with photo of a flower and a woman, and title in black lettering on a pink background; 1990, Random House UK Publishing; 332 pages; "Dottie," by Abdulrazak Gurnah. Seller Inventory # SKU-0669AC05505035
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Dottie
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Jonathan Cape, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0224027808
ISBN 13: 9780224027809
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Seller: Mike Murray - Bookseller LLC, East Windsor, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. This copy of "Dottie" has been SIGNED by Abdulrazak Gurnah on the title page. This from his appearance in New York City on September 12, 2022. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009681
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Dottie (First British Edition)
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Jonathan Cape, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0224027808
ISBN 13: 9780224027809
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Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1990. First British edition (the true first). First printing. A tight unread copy. A fine book, with absolutely no faults. The jacket is bright and clean, with the price intact on front flap, with perhaps the slightest rubbing to the rear of the delicate black jacket. Purchased new in 1990 and never opened. Shipped in well padded box. This is the third book, a novel, published by the 2021 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature. Seller Inventory # Lit-G-01