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Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by Naiad Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 1562802690ISBN 13: 9781562802691
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Naiad Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 1562802690ISBN 13: 9781562802691
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.65.
Published by Naiad Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 1562802690ISBN 13: 9781562802691
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Naiad Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 1562802690ISBN 13: 9781562802691
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Bella Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594934118ISBN 13: 9781594934117
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Bella Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594934118ISBN 13: 9781594934117
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Published by Naiad Press, Inc., 2001
ISBN 10: 1562802690ISBN 13: 9781562802691
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Edge wear. 2001 Trade Paperback. 287 pp. Readers who approach this latest offering from Naiad Press expecting a light lesbian romance are in for a big surprise. She Walks In Beauty is so much more. It's something fine and rare, a book of substance, a meaningful story that will linger with readers long after the last page is turned. In fact, She Walks In Beauty is actually two novels. One is the story of Spencer Atwood, the successful, attractive Hollywood filmmaker who is driven to block out the abuses and pains of her childhood by chasing fame (and women) at any expense. When Spencer's out of control ambition causes her to lose both the woman and child she loves and the high-profile work she needs, she runs away to a cabin on the Oregon coast. Alone, without meetings and phone calls to occupy her, Spencer becomes obsessed with clearing an overgrown path from her cabin to the beach. The physical labor gives her the time and solitude to sort through her life and stirs her original desire to be a writer to the surface. In an effort to reclaim both her dreams and her real identity, she begins to write the interior novel, Cynara. And what a novel it is. Chased from her family home by her brother Charles, the young and talented Lilian Harrington makes her way to New York, where she completes a collection of poetry too raw to be published by any woman. Borrowing her pen name from one her favorite poets, she emerges as Byron Harrington, and, through a chance meeting with Dorothy Parker, falls in with the illustrious crowd of writers and intellectuals who meet daily at the Algonquin Hotel. Under the tutelage of gay-man-about-town Parnell "Rabbit" Walbrook, Byron moves to Paris, and finds herself transformed into a stylish {and handsomely androgynous) member of the Paris literary milieu. Her poetry is published by Sylvia Beach, and through Rabbit and Sylvia, she meets the lesbian intelligentsia that helped to make Paris the literary center it was in the decades between the wars--women like Gertrude Stein, Natalie Barney and Djuna Barnes. But to pay for this lifestyle, she begins to churn out a series of pulp detective novels. Her books become a tremendous success in America with no one the wiser that Byron Harrington is really a young American woman in her 20s. And eventually, patient readers are well rewarded with a wonderfully erotic passage in which Byron finally discovers her own lesbian desires. Just when she realizes that she has grown tired of writing books instead of literature, Byron is called home. Here, in addition to dealing with her beloved father's impending death, the evil brother who drove her away and her own cynical detachment from her writing, she meets Cynara. This is the enigmatic woman who will steal her heart and force her to be braver than she ever has been before or risk losing everything once again. While I have no doubt that the interior novel could stand on its own, the story of how Spencer comes to write Cynara is much more than a mere frame. Readers who wonder where writers get ideas, those who want to know how life gets transformed into fiction, will immediately see the parallels between Spencer's experience and that of her main character. Both Spencer and Byron/Lilian have dealt with abusive childhoods and both share the need to achieve great things, to be "good" enough to rise above their guilt and shame. Both share the disappointment and anger that comes from knowing that their work has fallen short of their expectations, the self-loathing of "selling out." And both have loved women that neither of them can forget. This echoing of experience not only demonstrates the creative transformation that is part of the process of writing; it instills a sense of depth and multi-dimensionality that envelops the readers from first page to last. She Walks In Beauty is a richly layered, genuinely stirring novel that doesn't shy away from difficult themes. It combines one of the most fascinating and elegant periods i.
Published by Bella Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594934118ISBN 13: 9781594934117
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
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Published by Bella Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594934118ISBN 13: 9781594934117
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by Naiad Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 1562802690ISBN 13: 9781562802691
Seller: Houtman Boeken, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Condition: fine. 2001, 287pp, nette paperback.
Published by Bella Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1594934118ISBN 13: 9781594934117
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sometimes the only way to find your life is to walk away from it. What would you give for a chance to start over? A chance to find redemption? A chance to love again? Writer Spencer K. Atwood wants it all. Handsome, talented, and driven to succeed, she approaches the Los Angeles film scene. But her cruise down Hollywood's dazzling fast lane soon becomes a dizzying blur of ambition, obsession, and sexual abandon that inevitably careens out of control.and costs her everything. In the wake of this wreckage, Spencer travels to Oregon and rents an isolated oceanside cottage. As she looks back over her life trying to figure out how her passions have driven her she begins to understand the threats to her soul. Spencer returns to the one thing that will heal her: her writing. She begins Cynara, a sweeping epic set against the haunting backdrop of Paris in the twenties. Spencer's gripping novel recounts the passionate life--and loves--of notorious lesbian writer Byron Harrington and the reclusive sculptress, Cynara. As she writes from her depths, Spencer begins to believe that maybe, just maybe, she can regain what's really important to her. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.