Book of Common Prayer, Paperback by Didion, Joan, Like New Used, Free shippin...

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Item Width: 5.1 in Book Series: Vintage International Ser. Format: Trade Paperback Item Length: 8 in width: 5.1 in Publication Year: 1995 Item Height: 0.6 in Item Weight: 7 Oz Illustrator: Yes Author: Joan Didion Book Title: Book of Common Prayer Number of Pages: 272 Pages Topic: Hispanic & Latino, Family Life, Small Town & Rural, Religious height: 0.6 in ISBN: 9780679754862 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Language: English Genre: Fiction

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Book of Common Prayer, Paperback by Didion, Joan, Like New Used, Free shippin.... As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence. Book of Common Prayer, Paperback by Didion, Joan, ISBN 0679754865, ISBN-13 9780679754862, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A shimmering novel of innocence and evil: the gripping story of two American women in a failing Central American nation, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean"[Didion's] most ambitious project in fiction, and her most successful ... glows with a golden aura of well-wrought classical tragedy.” —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewGrace Strasser-Mendana controls much of Boca Grande's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of politics," Charlotte has come to Boca Grande vaguely and vainly hoping to be reunited with her fugitive daughter. As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence. A Book of Common Prayer is written with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made Didion one of our most distinguished journalists.