Surviving (Paperback)

Joe Machine, Edward Lucie-Smith

ISBN 10: 1366555538 / ISBN 13: 9781366555533

Published by Theme HQ, 2017

About this Item

Type: Book Signed First edition with inscription.

Seller Inventory # 054596

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Surviving (Paperback)
• Publisher: Theme HQ
• Publication Date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1366555538
• ISBN 13: 9781366555533
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Signed First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published
• Weight: 28 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • POETRY

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Synopsis

When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow leather snap purse, containing her ticket, a scrap of paper with her sister's address in Van Buren Street, and four dollars in money. It was in August, 1889. She was eighteen years of age, bright, timid, and full of the illusions of ignorance and youth. Whatever touch of regret at parting characterised her thoughts, it was certainly not for advantages now being given up.

Review

Alone in the city, a young woman meets a man who promises to make her dreams come true. Eighteen-year-old Carrie is drawn to the glamour, wealth, and excitement of Chicago. But to be part of this glittering world, she will need much more money than she can even imagine. The only jobs she can find offer harsh conditions and little pay. Finally, inexperienced and desperate, she allows the smooth-talking salesman Charles Drouet to buy her meals and pretty clothes. Will Carrie ever find true happiness? And how much will she have to give up to get what she wants? --From the Publisher