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1	The Kiss more books like this by Kathryn Harrison One of today's best young American writers transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Kiss: A Memoir more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Kathryn Harrison's memoir of her incestuous relationship with her father. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	While They Slept: An Inquiry Into the Murder of a Family more books like this by Kathryn Harrison From the bestselling author of "The Kiss" comes a riveting account of true crime--the murder of a family in a small Midwestern town--and the gripping exploration of its haunting aftermath. see all copies from $8.75! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
4	The Seal Wife more books like this by Kathryn Harrison During the World War I years, a man named Bigelow is stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, to observe weather phenomena for the government--air currents, barometric changes, etc. Isolated and lonely, he begins an affair with an Aleut woman who never speaks, and with whom he becomes obsessed. Suddenly, she disappears, devastating him--but Bigelow ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Thicker Than Water more books like this by Kathryn Harrison In Kathryn Harrison's autobiographical novel--the plot is closely mirrored in her memoir, THE KISS--a young woman attempts to come to terms with the trauma of incest in her childhood. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Exposure more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Ann Rogers, a photographer, cannot forget her childhood career as her father's model and muse. She escapes into a secret life that is both addictive and self-destructive. She hides in the bathroom, takes speed and has less and less control as the psychological trap set by her past closes tighter. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Road to Santiago more books like this by Kathryn Harrison A mesmerizing story of her 200-mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. 25,000 first printing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Envy more books like this by Kathryn Harrison After attending his college reunion, William Moreland, a Manhattan psychoanalyst, becomes obsessed with the need to know if his old girlfriend was pregnant with his child when they broke up. Will's own son, Luke, has been dead for three years, killed in a boating accident, and the lives of Will and his wife, Carole, have been deeply troubled since ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Poison more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the Sun King and imagines her own enchanted future. Born on the same day--in an age when superstition, repression, and the Inquisition ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Mother Knot: A Memoir more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Kathryn Harrison's memoir, THE KISS, was about her relationship with her father. Now she writes about her equally tormenting mother. When the life of Harrison's young son is threatened by a serious bout of asthma--an event that coincides with the weaning of her last child from breast-feeding--Harrison has an extreme reaction: she reverts to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Binding Chair: Or, a Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Harrison's novel tells the story of two women: May, a Chinese girl whose feet are bound and who, as an adult, becomes a crippled opium addict with a fierce appetite for life; and her niece Alice, whose sexual awakening is a central part of the story, as are her conflicts with her feisty aunt. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The binding chair : a novel more books like this by Kathryn Harrison From the author of the best-selling memoir, The Kiss, Kathryn Harrison's passionate fourth novel takes us to Shanghai as the last century ends. Beautiful, charismatic and destructive, May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur, an Australian. As a member of the Foot ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Seeking Rapture: Scenes from a Woman's Life more books like this by Kathryn Harrison In this collection of essays, Kathryn Harrison muses on her troubled childhood--partially chronicled in her notorious memoir, THE KISS (1997)--and on her need to provide her own children with something better. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Saint Therese of Lisieux more books like this by Kathryn Harrison The spread of devotion to St. Therese of Lisieux is one of the impressive religious manifestations of our time. During her few years on earth this young French Carmelite was scarcely to be distinguished from many another devoted nun, but her death brought an almost immediate awareness of her unique gifts. Through her letters, and especially ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The kiss : a secret life. more books like this by Kathryn Harrison From the bestselling author of THE BINDING CHAIR, a searing memoir of a four-year affair between the author and her father. 'My father takes my face in his hands. He tips it up and kisses my closed eyes, my throat. I feel his fingers in the hair at the nape of my neck. I feel his hot breath on my eyelids.' Kathryn Harrison's parents married aged ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Thousand orange trees more books like this by Kathryn Harrison A sumptuous novel of love and loss set in 17th century Spain. From the author of the bestselling novel, THE BINDING CHAIR. As Marie Louise de Bourbon, niece of Louis XIV, journeys south from Versailles to marry the Spanish king, she is forced to abandon the cumbersome orange trees brought from her beloved Versailles, leaving them to wither in the ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $18.03! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Binding Chair more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Harrison's novel tells the story of two women: May, a Chinese girl whose feet are bound and who, as an adult, becomes a crippled opium addict with a fierce appetite for life; and her niece Alice, whose sexual awakening is a central part of the story, as are her conflicts with her feisty aunt. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Easy-To-Make Costumes more books like this by Kathryn Harrison, Valerie Kohn This presents 50 children's costumes, all in colour, which can be worn at any party - eg Christmas, Hallowe'en or a fancy-dress birthday party. Designs range from an exotic Spanish dancer to a pizza pie, a BLT sandwich, a tea pot, a Jack-in-a-box and many others. No special skills are needed and each project uses inexpensive materials like ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Seeking rapture : a memoir by Kathryn Harrison When Kathryn Harrison was a little girl, her young mother left her in the care of her British grandmother. A remarkable woman and master storyteller, she had jilted an array of suitable men before concluding that she was not quite modern enough to have a baby without a husband. She finally married, at the age of 43, in 1942. The fruit of this ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $11.94! \| first editions
20 view cover	El Beso more books like this by Kathryn Harrison The relation between a adolescent and her father who didn't see her since she was a little girl. Incestuous relationship. see all copies from $20.97! new only from $20.98!
21	Passing the Buck: Federalism and Canadian Environmental Policy more books like this by Kathryn Harrison see all copies from $12.50! new only from $29.99!
22	Risk, Science, and Politics more books like this by Kathryn Harrison Government regulation of toxic substances in Canada and the United States is examined and compared. Paying particular attention to how politicians and bureaucrats in the two countries deal with the scientific uncertainty that pervades environmental decision-making, the authors use case studies of seven controversial substances suspected of causing ... see all copies from $3.71! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Seeking rapture : a memoir by Kathryn Harrison From the author of "The Binding Chair", this follow-up to memoir "The Kiss" explores the bonds of motherhood between four generations. When Kathryn Harrison was a little girl, her young mother left her in the care of her British grandmother who was raised in Shanghai. To Kathryn, her mother's mother seemed an almost unimaginably powerful figure: ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $12.09! \| first editions
24 view cover	Racing to the Bottom?: Provincial Interdependence in the Canadian Federation more books like this by Kathryn Harrison (Editor) The spectre of a "race to the bottom" is increasingly prominent in debates about globalization and also within federal systems, where the mobility of both capital and individuals prompts fears of inter-jurisdictional competition. This volume asks whether Canadian provinces are racing to the bottom and, if so, with what consequences? Contributors ... see all copies from $33.61! new only from $34.00!
25	Kiss: A Memoir #1 by Kathryn Harrison see all copies from $11.69! new only from $72.73!

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