Clam Shell [Hardcover]

Mary Lee Settle (Author)

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These titles represent Settle's work from the 1950s to the 1980s. The novels cover a wide range of subjects but are mostly concerned with the heroine's "search for love, faith, and a sense of belonging" (LJ 9/1/86).
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd; First Edition edition (September 2, 1971)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0370014480
ISBN-13: 978-0370014487
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,295,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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It is Sunday afternoon and it is going to snow. Read the first page

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skunk coat, dark boy

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Miss Watts, Miss Amelia, Miss Alida, John Boy, Anne Randolph, Bobby Slingsby, Young Uncle, Jack Story, Miss Daisy, Plain George, Charley Bland, Uncle Truxton, New York, Virginia Street, Aunt Rose, Mary Carr, Miss Stone, Mary Rose, Ace of Spades, Humpty Dumpties, Neill Street, Great Falls, Aunt Judy Ann, Country Club, Mother Mary

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This book cites 11 books:

Blood Tie (Mary Lee Settle Collection) by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
The Kiss of Kin (Scribner Signature Edition) by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
ALL THE BRAVE PROMISES by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
Water World by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
The Love Eaters: A Novel by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter

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14 books cite this book:

American Women Writing Fiction: Memory, Identity, Family, Space by Mickey Pearlman on page 213, page 225, and page 228
Blood Tie (Mary Lee Settle Collection) by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
All the Brave Promises: Memories of Aircraft Woman 2nd Class 2146391 (The Mary Lee Settle Collection) by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
Celebration (Mary Lee Settle Collection) by Mary Lee Settle in Front Matter
Liberating Memory: Our Work and Our Working-Class Consciousness by Janet Zandy on page 145

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