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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
July 1, 2004
Pages
257
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400060061
ISBN-10
1400060060
Dimensions
1.25 by 7 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$24.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Ambitious teen Nella, 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. 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.
The price comparison is for this edition
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
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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