Judith Guest – Ordinary People – First Edition 1976 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED
£225.00
A first edition, first printing published by Viking in 1976. A near fine book with a little tanning to the page edges – no inscriptions – Inscribed to the front endpaper, ‘September 1976/For Randy – /with my thanks for the/kind compliments/Sincerely,/Judith Guest.’. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some edge chipping and internal repair to a few closed tears.
A novel about a suburban family coping with grief after the death of one son and the suicide attempt of the other. It explores themes of guilt, communication, and emotional repression through the Jarrett family’s struggle to heal and reconnect. The novel was adapted into a 1980 film directed by Robert Redford, starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, and Timothy Hutton, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
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A first edition, first printing published by Viking in 1976. A near fine book with a little tanning to the page edges – no inscriptions – Inscribed to the front endpaper, ‘September 1976/For Randy – /with my thanks for the/kind compliments/Sincerely,/Judith Guest.’. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some edge chipping and internal repair to a few closed tears.
A novel about a suburban family coping with grief after the death of one son and the suicide attempt of the other. It explores themes of guilt, communication, and emotional repression through the Jarrett family’s struggle to heal and reconnect. The novel was adapted into a 1980 film directed by Robert Redford, starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, and Timothy Hutton, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
