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A Book of Common Prayer Paperback – International Edition, April 11, 1995

by Joan Didion (Author)

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Writing with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made her one of our most distinguished journalists, Joan Didion creates a shimmering novel of innocence and evil.A Book of Common Prayer is the story of two American women in the derelict Central American nation of Boca Grande. Grace Strasser-Mendana controls much of the country's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of politics," she has come to Boca Grande vaguely and vainly hoping to be reunited with her fugitive daughter. As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence.

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An articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time, a memorable voice."—Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review"A novelist with important things to say about the dislocations of our time.... Joan Didion is stellar."—Newsday

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Writing with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made her one of our most distinguished journalists, Joan Didion creates a shimmering novel of innocence and evil.
A Book of Common Prayer is the story of two American women in the derelict Central American nation of Boca Grande. Grace Strasser-Mendana controls much of the country's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of politics," she has come to Boca Grande vaguely and vainly hoping to be reunited with her fugitive daughter. As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence.

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 11, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780679754862
ISBN-13: 978-0679754862
ASIN: 0679754865
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 176 customer reviews
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Big Print, Page Numbers Match too

March 8, 2015

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Yes, I need the large print edition. The pew copies are just too hard to read with the standing, kneeling and sitting. Most important though, is the page numbers match, so it's easy to use this book during services.

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June 19, 2014

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

I bought this for my mother who has MD. She reads her prayer book every night. She had been reading the same prayer book she had as a child, a palm size leather-bound book with print so small she had to read with a magnifying glass. This large print edition was perfect and, to the best of my ability to compare, exactly like the smaller 70 year old version. She no longer needs the magnifying glass.

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Accurate version -- tough to use

May 10, 2014

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

This was one of my first purchases for my Kindle. I was hoping to be able to use it during Sunday services; however, it is difficult to find the correct page in the electronic version. I have finally found page 67 (the start of the Communion Service) and bookmarked it. It would have been nice to able to go to the page referenced in our service on the electronic version without having to scroll through and hope you stumble on the correct page.

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very pleased with

July 28, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Just What I need, large print, heavy but can't be helped, very pleased with this

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Better on Paper

September 30, 2010

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

It's all there, but hard to find. This was one of the first books I bought with my Kindle, but I found that reference books that are not meant to be read pages in sequence cover to cover, do not lend themselves to this format. I would like to have had a searchable index in order to key into specific rites and prayers. Even a page reference from the paper version would have been good.

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A Large Version

February 11, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

This is a large print paperback version which makes it easy to read, though not very portable. It is good for home use though not for travel. Of course the text is the traditional pre1979 version which I prefer.

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Very disappointed

April 25, 2010

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I had high hopes when I bought the Book of Common Prayer by Episcopal Church and Mark Oxford . I am going out of the country on a church tour and wanted to have it on my Kindle to save space. After purchasing it I discovered that it is VERY hard to navigate as there are no links in the table of contents and this copy is incomplete, the Psalms are missing.

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May 13, 2007

Format: Imitation LeatherVerified Purchase

Well, I can't rate the BCP anything but positive. My only concern was I failed to read the size of the book and it was smaller then I would have liked, the pages are thin, but at the same time feel very "strong." It has the Daily Office and the complete Psalter. If only I had read the dimensions, I am sure I would have opted for a larger addition. If you don't have problems with smaller print, then by all means purchase this copy, you can't be the price. Also the binding it very good, the book while small, lays flat, whch is a really nice in a hardcover book of this size.

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