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Learning Joy from Dogs Without Collars: A Memoir
by Summer, Lauralee
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743201027
- ISBN 13
- 9780743201025
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 2003-05-26. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. Signed by Author. Inscribed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding & edges of text block. Light creasing on top corner of ffep. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
Learning Joy from Dogs without Collars is a memoir about growing up homeless. Lauralee Summer and her eccentric, idealistic mother move repeatedly in search of work and a better life, but most often find happiness and security only in their relationship with each other. When she reaches junior high Lauralee and her mother set out for Boston in search of a better education. There Lauralee thrives under the care and guidance of Mr. Mac, becomes the only girl on the school wrestling team, and goes on to Harvard. Later, when she's nineteen, she finds her father and begins a relationship with him. Learning Joy from Dogs without Collars is the story of a girl coming into her own, learning and understanding her place in the world. It is about the innocence and resiliency of childhood -- the space of joy that poverty is unable to demolish or diminish.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARSlauLJD
- Title
- Learning Joy from Dogs Without Collars: A Memoir
- Author
- Summer, Lauralee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743201027
- ISBN 13
- 9780743201025
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003-05-26
- Size
- 6x1x8
- X weight
- 17 oz
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Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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