first edition Hardcover
(c.1956) · Philadelphia
by Pike, Fannie
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1956). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear to book; jacket lightly rubbed, small stain on front panel, very slight paper loss at a couple of corners, tiny chip/tear and associated creasing at bottom of front panel, slight wrinkling at spine ends]. "The story of a woman's struggle against heavy odds to live her own life and at the same time lift her family from poverty and despair. Threading through her strange experience is the need for money -- money that will rescue her father from hopeless insanity by providing a necessary operation. How she succeeds, and in so doing finds happiness for herself, is the theme of a story based on fact and fiction that begins and ends in a rural valley of northern Michigan." . (Inventory #: 26342)