QUINDLEN, ANNA — Black and Blue
New York: Random House, 1998. 0375500510. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0375500510. Stated first edition, first printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, author's initials blind-stamped on front cover, blue endpapers. "A stunning novel about a woman and a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent. From the opening line "The first time my husband hit me I was nineteen years old." Black and Blue is a beautifully written, heart-stopping story in which Anna Quindlen writes with power, wisdom, and humor about the real lives of men and women, the varities of people and love, the bonds between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship, the inexplicable feelings between people who are passionately connected in ways they don't understand.". Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (vii), 293, (2) pp. As New in As New dust jacket .
