Test Pattern
Klein, Marjorie;Klein, Majorie
Language: English
Published by William Morrow & Co., 2000
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Shadetree Rare Books, Chatham, VA, U.S.A.Shadetree Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since December 8, 2015
Condition: Used
US$ 6.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Inscribed by Author. First Edition, stated. Yellow hardcover with black lettering to red spine. Hardcover in excellent condition save for slight bumps to spine ends. Unclipped DJ in excellent condition save for a little edgewear to spine ends and a pen mark on the top right front. Story about a family in Newport News, Virginia, in the 1950's. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller Inventory # G5639
- Title
- Test Pattern
- Author
- Klein, Marjorie;Klein, Majorie
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co.
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0688172849
- ISBN 13
- 9780688172848
- Edition
- First Edition - Stated.
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction
A dazzling and strikingly original fiction debut from an exciting new talent
From the moment a new TV set arrives at the Palmer household in 1954 in Newport News, Virginia, change is in the wind. Eleven-year-old Cassie glimpses snapshots of the future in the hypnotic test pattern. Mesmerized, Cassie sees snippets from Kennedy's assassination, the Beatles' debut, man's landing on the Moon, and the O. J. Simpson trial. Her starstruck mother, Lorena, delights in the magical images flickering on the screen too, and finds the strength to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Lorena soon plunges into an affair with an old flame, whose cousin turns out to be a talent scout for Arthur Godfrey, and risks her marriage to Cassie's dad, an accident-prone, depressed construction worker. As Lorena learns that the path to fame and fortune is strewn with obstacles, Cassie's own eyes are being opened to the world outside of provincial Newport News-and to the even richer world within herself.
Brilliantly re-creating the innocence and energy of the '50s, Test Pattern is a tour de force of wit, spirit, and imagination.
From the moment a new TV set arrives at the Palmer household in 1954 in Newport News, Virginia, change is in the wind. Eleven-year-old Cassie glimpses snapshots of the future in the hypnotic test pattern. Mesmerized, Cassie sees snippets from Kennedy's assassination, the Beatles' debut, man's landing on the Moon, and the O. J. Simpson trial. Her starstruck mother, Lorena, delights in the magical images flickering on the screen too, and finds the strength to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Lorena soon plunges into an affair with an old flame, whose cousin turns out to be a talent scout for Arthur Godfrey, and risks her marriage to Cassie's dad, an accident-prone, depressed construction worker. As Lorena learns that the path to fame and fortune is strewn with obstacles, Cassie's own eyes are being opened to the world outside of provincial Newport News-and to the even richer world within herself.Brilliantly re-creating the innocence and energy of the '50s, Test Pattern is a tour de force of wit, spirit, and imagination.From the moment a new TV set arrives at the Palmer household in 1954 in Newport News, Virginia, change is in the wind. Eleven-year-old Cassie glimpses snapshots of the future in the hypnotic test pattern. Mesmerized, Cassie sees snippets from Kennedy's assassination, the Beatles' debut, man's landing on the Moon, and the O. J. Simpson trial. Her starstruck mother, Lorena, delights in the magical images flickering on the screen too, and finds the strength to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Lorena soon plunges into an affair with an old flame, whose cousin turns out to be a talent scout for Arthur Godfrey, and risks her marriage to Cassie's dad, an accident-prone, depressed construction worker. As Lorena learns that the path to fame and fortune is strewn with obstacles, Cassie's own eyes are being opened to the world outside of provincial Newport News-and to the even richer world within herself.
Brilliantly re-creating the innocence and energy of the '50s, Test Pattern is a tour de force of wit, spirit, and imagination.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shadetree Rare Books
Chatham, VA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 8, 2015
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 15 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 5.95 | US$ 21.95 |
Payment methods
Store description
Shadetree Rare Books specializes in British, American and Classical literature and history, with an ever-expanding inventory of historical documents pertaining to Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Civil War. Shadetree also offers a wide variety of signed First Editions, as well as Art books and books on Architecture and Design. It features a nice collection of Twain, as well as Wodehouse and many others.
Specialty
Birds, Gardening, Animals, Fiction, Fishing, Science, Travel & Exploration, Horses, Railroads, Rare & Out of Print Books, Children's Books, Cooking, African-American, Politics & Current Affairs, Virginia History, American History, Civil War, Literature, PoetrySeller's business information
Shadetree Rare Books LLC
26 South Main Street
Chatham, VA U.S.A. 24531
Terms of sale
Money Orders, Master Card Virginia residents please add 5.3% state sales tax.
Shipping terms
Domestic shipping