Meg Rosoff — How I Live Now
London, Penguin Books, 2004. First edition. Cloth. First-edition signed copy of Meg Rosoff's award-winning dystopia about a 21st-century war in rural England. First edition. With unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to title page. Winner of the British Guardian Children's Prize 2004 and the Michael L. Printz Award 2005, this speculative fiction piece, aimed at young adults, imagines the impact of a 21st-century war on a farm in rural England. The young protagonist Daisy is staying with family, far away from her home in New York. The story balances Daisy's relationships with her cousins, especially Edmond, with the hardships and trauma of war. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, perfect condition. Dust wrapper excellent, reinforced with archival binding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout. Signed by author to title page. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.
