signed first edition Hard Cover
1979 · New York
by Hoffman, Alice
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 20x20x20. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated "11-15-79" by author without inscription. Jacket flaps faintly toned. 1979 Hard Cover. 212 pp. Upon turning eighteen, Esther the Black looks for a chance to escape from her hated and dying grandmother, Esther the White, who lives in seclusion on Long Island where each summer--during The Drowning Season--her son Philip tries to kill himself by walking into the ocean. (Inventory #: 2282009)