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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bobbie Ann MasonPublisher: Random House Imprint: Random House Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9781400067183ISBN 10: 1400067189 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 28 June 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAdvance praise for The Girl in the Blue Beret <br> <br> Fascinating and intensely intimate . . . a touching novel about love, loss, war, and memory [that] profoundly reveal[s] how the past haunts the present. -- Publishers Weekly <br> An emotionally powerful story. -- Booklist <br> [A] haunting novel [with] rich setting, detail, and intimate character nuances . . . for fans of the award-winning author, World War II fiction, and novels with French settings. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal<br> <br> An elegant and eventually lovely story of war, need and apprehension. --Roy Blount Jr., author of Alphabet Juice and Long Time Leaving <p>Praise for Bobbie Ann Mason <br> Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader. -- The New York Review of Books, about Shiloh and Other Stories<br> <br> Brilliant and @lt;b@gt;Praise for Bobbie Ann Mason@lt;br@gt;@lt;/b@gt; @lt;br@gt; Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader. --@lt;i@gt;The New York Review of Books@lt;/i@gt;, about @lt;i@gt;Shiloh and Other Stories@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; @lt;br@gt; Brilliant and moving . . . a moral tale that entwines public history with private anguish. --@lt;i@gt;Los Angeles Times Book Review@lt;/i@gt;, about @lt;i@gt;In Country@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; A dramatic triumph . . . Synopsis cannot begin to do justice to the complexity, drama, and ultimate benevolence of Mason's vision. --@lt;i@gt;Chicago Tribune@lt;/i@gt;, about @lt;i@gt;Feather Crowns@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; Sitting down with one of these stories may well be the next best thing to going home again. --@lt;i@gt;The Wall Street Journal@lt;/i@gt;, about @lt;i@gt;Zigzagging Down a Wild Tra Advance praise for The Girl in the Blue Beret <br> <br> A flight through the gripping, war-ravaged past and the discovery of love--Bobbie Ann Mason's moving novel is written with great clarity and insight. --Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Lake of Dreams <br> Fascinating and intensely intimate . . . a touching novel about love, loss, war, and memory [that] profoundly reveal[s] how the past haunts the present. -- Publishers Weekly <br> An emotionally powerful story. -- Booklist <br> [A] haunting novel [with] rich setting, detail, and intimate character nuances . . . for fans of the award-winning author, World War II fiction, and novels with French settings. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal <br> Bobbie Ann Mason just keeps outdistancing herself. The Girl in the Blue Beret has everything: adventure, intrigue, fear, sorrow, nostalgic ache, regret, romance, and most importantly, love. She writes of the platonic love of one's fellowa Advance praise for The Girl in the Blue Beret <br> <br> A flight through the gripping, war-ravaged past and the discovery of love--Bobbie Ann Mason's moving novel is written with great clarity and insight. --Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Lake of Dreams <br> Fascinating and intensely intimate . . . a touching novel about love, loss, war, and memory [that] profoundly reveal[s] how the past haunts the present. -- Publishers Weekly <br> An emotionally powerful story. -- Booklist <br> [A] haunting novel [with] rich setting, detail, and intimate character nuances . . . for fans of the award-winning author, World War II fiction, and novels with French settings. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal<br> <br> An elegant and eventually lovely story of war, need and apprehension. --Roy Blount Jr., author of Alphabet Juice and Long Time Leaving <p>Praise for Bobbie Ann Mason <br> Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |