Mona Simpson — Anywhere But Here

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Paperback. A very smart uncorrected proof of this award winning novel by American author Mona Simpson. Uncorrected proof. Advance praise for the novel stapled to the front pastedown. The first novel by the author which earned her the Whiting Prize. Adapted by Alvin Sargent into a major motion picture of the same name in 1999. Adele is fleeing small-town boredom and the dead-end lives of her mother and sister. Driving West she dreams of finding a rich husband for herself and to make her daughter Ann a child star. Written by Mona Simpson, an American novelist and the biological sister of Steve Jobs though he was adopted before she was born. In the original green paper binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .