The Edge of Sadness

$25.00 CAD

Pp. 459. Silk end pages, AEG. From the limited edition series published by The Franklin Library, exclusively for subscribers. This book won the Pulitzer prize in 1962. Small gold seal attached to second front end page. “In this moving novel, Father Hugh Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, returns to Boston to repair his damaged priesthood. There he is drawn into the unruly world of the Carmodys, a sprawling, prosperous Irish family teeming with passion and riddled with secrets. The story of this entanglement is a beautifully rendered tale of grace and renewal, of friendship and longing, of loneliness and spiritual aridity giving way to hope.”

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Book Information

Number of pages 459
Original Title The Edge of Sadness
Published Date 1978
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Franklin Center
Edition First edition
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Pp. 459. Silk end pages, AEG. From the limited edition series published by The Franklin Library, exclusively for subscribers. This book won the Pulitzer prize in 1962. Small gold seal attached to second front end page. “In this moving novel, Father Hugh Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, returns to Boston to repair his damaged priesthood. There he is drawn into the unruly world of the Carmodys, a sprawling, prosperous Irish family teeming with passion and riddled with secrets. The story of this entanglement is a beautifully rendered tale of grace and renewal, of friendship and longing, of loneliness and spiritual aridity giving way to hope.”

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Weight 1.1 kg