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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Atheneum
Publication date March 1, 1984
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780689114427
ISBN-10 0689114427
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $13.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Nineteen-year-old Helen Reynolds, journeying cross-country by train as America enters World War II, meets and is bewitched by John O'Connell, a former suitor of her mother, the sad, beautiful, alcoholic Selma
Amazon.com description: Product Description: I Wish This War Were Over, runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize, is a coming-of-age story of love and pain set against the tumultuous background of World War II... something rare and precious: a novel of genuine distinction... Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

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Hardcover
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from Atheneum (March 1, 1984)
9780689114427 | details & prices | List price $13.95
About: Nineteen-year-old Helen Reynolds, journeying cross-country by train as America enters World War II, meets and is bewitched by John O'Connell, a former suitor of her mother, the sad, beautiful, alcoholic Selma
Paperback
Book cover for 9780595153404 Book cover for 9780671678739
 
from Backinprint.Com (January 1, 2001)
9780595153404 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $17.95
Reprint edition from Washington Square Pr (March 1, 1989)
9780671678739 | details & prices | List price $6.95
About: Nineteen-year-old Helen Reynolds, journeying cross-country by train as America enters World War II, meets and is bewitched by John O'Connell, a former suitor of her mother, the sad, beautiful, alcoholic Selma
from Pocket Books (February 1, 1985)
9780671532734 | details & prices | List price $3.95
About: Nineteen-year-old Helen Reynolds, journeying cross-country by train as America enters World War II, meets and is bewitched by John O'Connell, a former suitor of her mother, the sad, beautiful, alcoholic Selma

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