This eagerly-awaited second novel from the author of the highly praised Cold Water, is a powerful and moving study of urban disaffection, female friendship and the longing for love and redemption.
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This eagerly-awaited second novel from the author of the highly praised Cold Water, is a powerful and moving study of urban disaffection, female friendship and the longing for love and redemption.
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Seller: Sell Books, Elland, YORKS, United Kingdom
paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Water damage to book. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Seller Inventory # SBAB-SBL-005020
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Seller: M.R.Brand Fine Books, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing. Printed by Jonathan Cape, London in 2004. No Hardback edition published in the UK, thus the Paperback is the first printing. Vertical crease to the front cover ( due to the book having been opened ). There is the faintest of even age-related tanning to the text block. Publisher's price of £10.00 on the rear. Gwendoline Riley's second novel about a young woman returning to a cold, wet Manchester to share a flat with her best friend. Riley's first novel, 'Cold Water', won a Betty Trask Award and her latest book, 'The Palm House' has been Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize in 2026. Fairly scarce as a signed first and overall presenting well in Near-Fine condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 76
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