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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
May 31, 2005
Pages
272
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780812967807
ISBN-10
0812967801
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Ambitious teen Nella Castelluca, the daughter of a hard-working family from a small Italian village in Pennsylvania, aspires to live in genteel society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves disappears under scandalous circumstances and then returns just before Nella's marriage to another man. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 125,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (July 1, 2004)
9780375433795 | details & prices | 407 pages | 6.50 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.66 lbs | List price $26.95
About: Ambitious teen Nella, the daughter of an Italian family from a small Pennsylvania village, aspires to live in society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves mysteriously disappears.
About: Ambitious teen Nella, the daughter of an Italian family from a small Pennsylvania village, aspires to live in society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves mysteriously disappears.
from Random House Inc (July 1, 2004)
9781400060061 | details & prices | 257 pages | 7.00 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Ambitious teen Nella, the daughter of an Italian family from a small Pennsylvania village, aspires to live in society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves mysteriously disappears.
About: Ambitious teen Nella, the daughter of an Italian family from a small Pennsylvania village, aspires to live in society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves mysteriously disappears.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (May 31, 2005)
9780812967807 | details & prices | 272 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Ambitious teen Nella, the daughter of an Italian family from a small Pennsylvania village, aspires to live in society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves mysteriously disappears.
About: Ambitious teen Nella, the daughter of an Italian family from a small Pennsylvania village, aspires to live in society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves mysteriously disappears.
New edition from Gardners Books (January 29, 2005); titled "Queen of the Big Time"
9780743462273 | details & prices | 352 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.35
This edition also contains The Queen of the Big Time
About: A story of forbidden love chronicling the life of an Italian American matriarch over the course of three generations.
This edition also contains The Queen of the Big Time
About: A story of forbidden love chronicling the life of an Italian American matriarch over the course of three generations.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Abridged edition from Random House (July 1, 2004)
9780739312681 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.32 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Ambitious teen Nella aspires to live in genteel society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves disappears under scandalous circumstances and then returns just before Nella's marriage to another man.
About: Ambitious teen Nella aspires to live in genteel society far from the rigors of farm life, a dream that is compromised when a poet she loves disappears under scandalous circumstances and then returns just before Nella's marriage to another man.
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