Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Owner of a Lonely Heart by Beth Nguyen in a new archival wrap. First Scribner hardcover edition stated, July 2023 Scribner. First Printing with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title ink on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, no edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price on the front flap and mild edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fractured by war and resettlement. At the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her family fled Saigon for America. Only Beth’s mother stayed—or was left—behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over the course of her adult life, she and her mother have spent less than twenty-four hours together.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
