The Deep End

Joy Fielding

ISBN 10: 0385198477 / ISBN 13: 9780385198479

Published by Doubleday & Company , Inc. Garden City . New York / Doubleday Canada Ltd. Toronto, 1986

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First edition stated first printing of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with minor wear to the extremities , one small closed tear on the front cover, and is price clipped. Featuring Joanne Hunter who's marriage has just ended, and finds she is lacking support from family and friends in her time of need. She begins to get phone calls from someone clearly stalking her, and they get worse every time she picks up the phone. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the title page and according to Ms. Fielding, she is pretty sure, although it was a long time ago, to fellow Canadian author Howard Engel ( probably best known as the creator of the "Bennie Cooperman P.I." series), presumably at one of his readings around the time this novel was published. A unique presentation copy. I will include a copy of the email I sent her and her response. It will also be in the seller images. Seller Inventory # 1315

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Deep End

Publisher: Doubleday & Company , Inc. Garden City . New York / Doubleday Canada Ltd. Toronto

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Inscribed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

When Joanne's husband walks out of her life, she thinks she will never again feel more lost and vulnerable until she finds herself stalked by an unseen killer with no one to turn to for help

Reviews:

Fielding (Kiss Mommy Goodbye explores the seemingly inexorable disintegration of a middle-aged Long Island woman's life in this chilling, suspenseful tale. Subservient, self-deprecating Joanne Hunter suddenly becomes inundated by traumas. First, her husband moves out of their house to slake his restlessness and dissatisfaction. Stunned by his abrupt departure, Joanne seeks support from her best friend and neighbor, psychology professor Eve Stanley, but Eve now suffers from some unidentified illness which she believes is fatal. Eve frantically insists that debilitating pains wrack her body, although her husband tells Joanne that they are psychosomatic ailments. While these crises unfold, senility plagues Joanne's beloved grandfather, and her two adolescent daughters bicker incessantly. Most unnerving of all are the inexplicable threatening phone calls that Joanne receives at the same time that someone dubbed "the Suburban Strangler" terrorizes Long Island. Fielding neatly delineates Joanne's fear, loneliness, and the courage with which she confronts her problems. Paperback rights to NAL; Doubleday Book Club dual main selection; Reader's Digest Condensed Books selection; Literary Guild alternate.
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