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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date October 1, 1986
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780394552941
ISBN-10 0394552946
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $15.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
The difficult life of Benna, a woman of mysterious adaptability, is followed as she transforms herself through a variety of wild careers--from a nightclub singer to an aerobic instructor for senior citizens--and revealing relationships with eccentric friends
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Benna Carpenter is a young woman with vitality, charm and an irresistible comic spirit, by temperament a lover of people, language, literature and the zany , unpredictable, redeeming miracles of life. Until the roles and wordplay reveal the startling truth about her life.

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Hardcover
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from Alfred a Knopf Inc (October 1, 1986)
9780394552941 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: The difficult life of Benna, a woman of mysterious adaptability, is followed as she transforms herself through a variety of wild careers--from a nightclub singer to an aerobic instructor for senior citizens--and revealing relationships with eccentric friends
Paperback
Book cover for 9780307277282 Book cover for 9780446672726
 
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (March 13, 2007)
9780307277282 | details & prices | 225 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.54 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Disillusioned and loveless, a chain-smoking art history professor, who spends her spare time singing in nightclubs and tending to her young daughter, finds herself pursued by an erratic, would-be librettist.
from Grand Central Pub (August 1, 1997)
9780446672726 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Disillusioned and loveless, a chain-smoking art history professor who spends her spare time singing in nightclubs and tending to her young daughter finds herself pursued by an erratic, would-be librettist

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