Outside Valentine by Liza Ward [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] helter skelter Kindred has become a cornerstone

Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature

When the spring came the people - what was left of them - moved back by the old paths from the sea

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine

Trade paperback w/ movie tie in cover art

and an extraordinary insight into the compulsive imagination of Sacher-Masoch grappling with the demons that both torment and delight him

Outside Valentine by Liza Ward [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] helter skelter Kindred has become a cornerstoneFIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING [2004] HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY Hardcover with dust jacket. Book reads like new, the faintest hint of discoloration to cover. DJ has some mild wear, mostly to edges. Every so often a novel comes along that is capable of redeeming the losses it so devastatingly conveys. Disturbing, bittersweet, and lyrical, this is a story of people torn apart by tragedy and yet, finally, transformed by love. Many long years have passed since