About this title: Money Breton tells her story in diary form, and it's a harrowing one: basically, her life is falling apart. But in the face of faithless husbands, desperately troubled children, a precarious job, and a fear that even her brain is out of control, Money perseveres by means of her wits and the wicked humor with which she observes her life. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Date Published: 11/2001
ISBN-13:9781582430607ISBN:1582430608
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 224 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
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
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781582432557ISBN:1582432554
Description: Fine. X. Like new paperback! No spine crease. Appears unread. Text is clean, unmarked, tight. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582430607ISBN:1582430608
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good hardcover copy, seemingly unread and still much like new. The binding is solid and square, and the hinges are firm. The book's blue and gray exterior shows almost no wear, just the mildest shelf-rubbing of the lower edge. The text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is also very good and nearly like new. 200 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781582432557ISBN:1582432554
Description: Fine. BN. Like new paperback! No spine crease. Appears unread. Text is clean, unmarked, tight. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington DC
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582432557ISBN:1582432554
Description: New (Very Fine). Not Issued With Dustjacket. This great-looking trade paperback is new, unread and not a remainder. The textblock is beautifully clean, tight and carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia. The covers are clean, tight and show a very slight transportation sign to the front cover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint Press, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582430607ISBN:1582430608
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. 1582430608 First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. All books shipped with DJ wrapped in archive safe mylar. Near Fine copy in Near Fine DJ. Remainder marked but otherwise as new, unread. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington DC
Date Published: (c.2001)
ISBN-13:9781582430607ISBN:1582430608
Description: Illustrated by (dj art/design) Pier Rodelon. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1-58243-060-8. (price-clipped) [book is tight/clean/unread, NO remainder or other marks; jacket virtually flawless except for the price-clipping]. "Money Breton is on a rant. In this fierce and wired diary, she chronicles the forces massing against her. Three husbands have left. IRS agents are whamming on her door. Her grown children are in trouble and even her car is missing. Back and forth between a small southern town and the ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781582430607ISBN:1582430608
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. A fine copy in a fine unclipped jacket. Does have a remainder mark on bottom edge; no previous owner's marks and appears unread. read more
"Not sure what to think of this book. I found it to be very strange but I couldn't put it down. Robison has a unique way of expressing her feelings. Sometimes I couldn't understand what she was talking about. I'm not sure why this book gets such high ratings. Obviously I'm missing something."
"this book was filled with so many perfect, sharp, devastating (and devastatingly funny) 12 or 30-word bursts i couldn't help but fall in love with it, but i wish i'dve taken on its collection of bite-sized bursts in one, three-hour sitting.
Instead over a couple weeks what through-line there is in this book involving the troubled son, daughter and relationships remained kinda elusive. Still, the way she captured the internal monologue of Money was pretty remarkable, and even though it ended up striking me a lot sadder than i expected, i want to read it again. No small feat."
""I should turn back. Florida is a horrible toilet. There are a zillion snakes woven into this road and those clouds over there mean God's coming."
A novel written in short scenes (some just a paragraph) could easily go awry, but her wit, sharp eye & taut styling carry the narrative. At first you're simply enjoying the easily-digestible scenes about her job as a screenwriter & her dim-witted beau but the end chapters take us somewhere else entirely.
Bonus points for being a local writer and for doing a benefit reading for Books to Prisoners."
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