Mothering Sunday (With Signed ALS)

SWIFT, Graham

ISBN 10: 1471155234 / ISBN 13: 9781471155239

Published by Scribner, London, 2016

About this Item

1st printing. 8vo in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 132pp. PLUS loosely inserted folded greeting card with aaprox. 70 words addressed to a friend of the author, mainly about the publication of this book, along with a 2nd card promoting the book issued by Swift's American publishers on which he has written approx. 20 words referring to Sir Trevor McDonald's radio review. Both cards are written in ink and signed by the author as Graham The recipient has neatly written his name on the half title leaf (no other marks or inscriptions). Letters, notes or even lengthy book inscriptions from Swift are very rare . [CONDITION: A well preserved AS NEW copy (pages slightly tanned) in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mothering Sunday (With Signed ALS)
• Publisher: Scribner, London
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1471155234
• ISBN 13: 9781471155239
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

It is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothering Sunday has at its heart both the story of a life and the life that stories can magically contain. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual and deeply moving, it is Graham Swift at his thrilling best.

About the Author

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of nine novels, a collection of short stories and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize, and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift's work has appeared in over thirty languages.