The Waltz is Over

[a good sound copy, mild wear to spine ends, small dent in bottom edge of rear cover, date written in red ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is lightly edgeworn, with some minor creasing at the top of the front panel]. "The story of Marta Nordlander, who came from Austria to America three generations ago [and] of her family since then and of how it last became an American family." Who the hell was this Hester Pine, anyway She published three novels in quick succession in 1939-1940 (all in somewhat of a Dawn Powell-ish vein), then came out with this one, after which -- poof! The jacket blurb on her first book claimed that she'd already been a ballerina, an actress, a foreign correspondent, a doctor's receptionist, a Sunday School teacher, a photographer's model, and a choir singer, and that she was "still married to her original husband," but I've been unable to independently confirm any of that. This book's jacket offers nothing at all in the way of biographical data, providing only the barest nod to her earlier books by way of claiming this one to be "more mature than any of her previous work." OCLC records plenty of library copies, but it seems to be very scarce in commerce; is there a Hester Pine cult we all should know about Simone 152.

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Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart

Year: (c.1943)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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