first edition Hardcover
2007 · New York
by Patchett, Ann
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0061340634 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; is a beautifully written and heart-wrenching novel chronicling the life and death of Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire who died aged 78 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.The novel follows Mangano’s life from her childhood in the projects of Queens, New York, to her successful career as the owner of a string of pizzerias, to her battle with cancer, and her eventual death. It is a story of determination, grit, and triumph over seemingly (truncated)