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Set in one block of the San Francisco’s tenderloin district in the late 1970s, Winter's Edge centers around the lives of two older, working-class women: Chrissie MacInnes, a tough, outspoken, Scottish-born waitress, and the more subdued Margaret Sawyer, a clerk in a news shop. When a local political election threatens their neighborhood with gentrification, it also threatens their friendship: Chrissie fights fiercely for her values and her home, while Margaret tries not to get involved.” But when the election battle leads to arson and violence, they join forces to find the culprit and in the process, find the courage to re-examine their pasts, face their fears for the future, and affirm the importance of friendship and of community.
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I first read--and admired--Valerie Miner's work when I reviewed A Walking Fire two years ago. The award-winning author of six novels and many short stories and essays, Miner reveals in this work the world and worries of older working-class urban women, a world that seldom receives recognition. In the San Francisco of the 1970s, two women--a feminist Scottish waitress and a ladylike ex-New York shop clerk--find themselves drawn into a violent chain of events that binds their friendship closer. Miner also portrays the issue of sex and the older woman, who enjoys her pleasures but doesn't want that old ball and chain again. Winter's Edge is a wonderful book of loves and tears, without being the least bit sappy.
About the Author
Valerie Miner is a novelist, journalist, and professor. She is the award-winning author of fourteen books.
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- PublisherMethuen
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 041353930X
- ISBN 13 9780413539304
- BindingPaperback
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Winter's Edge
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. Colour illustrated paperback binding with red and blue coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. A novel about friendship, growing old and a sense of belonging, set in San Francisco's Geary Street. Creasing to the book corners with reading creases to the back strip. Rubbing of the book edges and panels and age toning of the pages and text block edges. Some stains to the text block edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; ISBN: 041353930X. ISBN/EAN: 9780413539304. Inventory No: 0121236. Seller Inventory # 0121236
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