![]() ![]() "Better Times Than These is a novel on the largest scale - a total portrait of men caught up in war. A wonderful association copy, inscribed by Winston Groom to Carl Bernstein, Nora Ephron, and their son Jacob: "For Carl, Nora and Jacob / Good things and God's Grace for you all / Best wishes / Winston Groom / 8/24/78. ![]() Very good in a good dust wrapper.įirst edition of the author's first book. There is some minor speckled foxing to the top edge of the book. The top edge of the jacket's rear flap is darkened. The dust jacket is creased with chips and a few short tears to the edges and a small hole along the jacket's front joint. The book's covers are bumped at the corners. The book is housed in a printed green dust wrapper. ![]() A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WINSTON GROOM TO CARL BERNSTEIN, NORA EPHRON & THEIR SON JACOB - Octavo, brown boards backed with a creamy white cloth spine, titled in brown on the spine. ![]()
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But three days later Ramona recovers her verve sufficiently to give a book report in the style of a T.V. ![]() Whaley instructs the children to hold their noses and file into the hall. Her low point is undoubtedly reached the day she throws up in class and Mrs. Whaley, who addresses the class as "you guys." At home, she helps the family "squeak by" as her father returns to college to become an art teacher.Īll the Quimbys have their ups and downs, but none feels them more intensely than Ramona. ![]() ![]() At school, she acquires a new teacher, Mrs. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was named a Newbery Honor book in 1982. Ramona Quimby, one of the most loved characters in children's fiction, has now reached third grade. 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The way you brought other characters in to the story line, seamless. She wouldn’t make me hate the main character.” So I stuck with it and HOLY MOTHER OF BASKETBALL, you’re a freaking genius! GENIUS!!! Once “I” started having fun with her ticks, I was actually laughing out loud and looking forward to turning those pages. Her ticks were so random and completely out there that I seriously thought something was wrong…with you.īut then I sat back and said, “Nope. Not because I wasn’t interested, but because this chick was cray cray. ![]() I’m not even sure where to begin with this review, so I’m doing something a little different… This is not a disaster waiting to happen, at all. We shouldn’t have become roommates.Īnd we really shouldn’t have started sleeping together … (Except we did.) Reese and I shouldn’t have become friends. He’s also attending preseason basketball training camp where I used to work.Ĭorrection: where I work again, because I was fired from my last job.Īnd I might have a tiny bit of baggage, but that’s normal. Reese Forster was the starting point guard for the Seattle Thunder. ![]() ![]() And just like that, our friendship was off to a great start. He swore at me and said he didn’t do groupies. I asked for his criteria for bed buddies-that’s the PG version. Published by Self published Genres: New Adult, Romance, Sports ![]() |