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Synopsis
A house mouse who thinks there must be more to life than looking for food and caring for her family befriends a lonely, caged dove.
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About the Author
Rumer Godden (1907–1998) grew up in India, where her father ran a steamship company. When her husband left her penniless in Calcutta with two daughters to raise, she started to write books to pay off her many debts. She wrote more than sixty books for adults and young adults, including The Doll’s House, Impunity Jane, The Greengage Summer, and An Episode of Sparrows (also published by The New York Review Children’s Collection).
William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) was born in New Jersey to a family of artists and educated mostly in France. A founding editor of The Paris Review, Pène du Bois wrote some twenty-five books, many of which he also illustrated, including The Twenty-One Balloons, winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal.
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"Rumer Godden's The Mousewife, first illustrated in 1951 and reissued by The New York Review Children's Collection, is a gentle fable of liberation that the prolific British novelist and biographer, who died in 1998, wrote after escaping a loveless first marriage...Disarmingly illustrated by William Pene du Bois, this little book makes a case for empathy and daring: Why creep when you can fly?" --O, The Oprah Magazine
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- PublisherMacmillan Children's Books
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0333344847
- ISBN 13 9780333344842
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages40
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The Mousewife
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Macmillan Children's Books, 1983
ISBN 10: 0333344847
ISBN 13: 9780333344842
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Seller: Book_Attic, Newark on Trent, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Macmillan Children's Books; 1983. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Illustrated by Heidi Holder. Excellent condition. Some slight signs of wear to dust cover. No previous owners names, inscriptions or book plates. Seller Inventory # 0105577
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The Mousewife
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Macmillan Children's Books, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0333344847
ISBN 13: 9780333344842
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Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Heidi Holder (illustrator). First Thus. Hardback: illustrated in b/w by HEIDI HOLDER, dj has 2 short tears on top edge, price unclipped, lightly foxed on the reverse, brown boards with purple cloth spine (slightly marked) decorated and lettered in silver, some light internal and foredge foxing, vg. 8vo, 32pp. This story is based on an entry in her journal by Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of William. Seller Inventory # 16C47
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THE MOUSEWIFE
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ISBN 10: 0333344847
ISBN 13: 9780333344842
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Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Holder, Heidi (illustrator). First edition. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. A story of rare devotion and sacrifice. Purple cloth spine with silver title and decoration, light brown boards. Charming b/w illustrations. A few light spots to covers. Some very light foxing to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed, old price sticker to front flap and light stain to top edge of front panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!. Seller Inventory # 1328614
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