About this title: In "Home Truths," Mavis Gallant draws us into the tricky labyrinth of human behaviour, while offering readers her unique, clear-eyed vision of Canadians both at home and abroad. Ranging in time and place from small-town Quebec during the Depression, to Geneva and Paris in the 1950s, to contemporary Vancouver Island, these stories explore the remorseless cruelty of children, the tensions that affect all families, the dangerous but endearing naivete of young girls in love with Europe, and the terrible distances that divide people who love each other. And in the celebrated "Linnet Muir" stories, ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780394531984ISBN:0394531981
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Quarter white cloth binding. Lower corners very slightly bumped. Clean, tight and unmarked. 330pp. Dust jacket, lightly rubbed, in new mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780394531984ISBN:0394531981
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. This 5.5 x 8.5 hard cover book has the author's name and title in black lettering on the blue and white dust jacket spine and cover. In this remarkable collection, Mavis Gallant provides a singular, clear-eyed vision of her Canadian countrymen, and of the intricate simplicities of everyday life. 330 pages. Slight soil. Otherwise clean with tight binding in Near Fine/Near Fine condition. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
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