1996 COOL’S RIDGE URSULA PERRIN SIGNED 1st Edition Novel New Jersey Commune HCDJ

Description: COOL’S RIDGE Written by Ursula Perrin and published by The Permanent Press, Sag Harbor, New York. Copyright 1996; “First Edition, March 1996” is stated on the copyright page. Also, a small printing—2,200 copies—is stated. The book is inscribed on the front endpaper to a local Salt Lake bookseller by the author and dated June, 1996. This novel describes the tensions among a group of activists opposed to the Vietnam War and living on a communal farm in rural northwest New Jersey. It is Perrin’s sixth novel, after The Looking-Glass Lover in 1986. From book description: Ursula Perrin was born in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in Amsterdam, New York, and Ridgewood, Queens. After graduating from Smith College, she taught history ant the Chapin School in New York City. The author of five previous novels {in 1996}, she is also an active environmentalist and co-founder of the Paulinskill-Pequest Watershed Association. From the dust jacket description: “When 25-year-old Liz Still well arrives at Cool’s Ridge, a ‘communal farm’ in the Kittantiny Mountains of rural northwest new Jersey, she believes she has found a safe and peaceful place. As the sun sets, the eight young adults who share the farmhouse sit down to a supper of fresh garden vegetables and strawberries. But despite the country setting, an air of tension that is political as well as sexual, pervades the farm. It is 1972. There’s a war on in Vietnam and all of the group members are anti-war activists. Liz has come to Cool’s Ridge in pursuit of her lover, the enigmatic Skip Loomis. She realizes that Skip is often emotionally distant but she puzzles over why. Is it, as Skip complains, because she’s too intense? Or is their relationship clouded by its beginnings? Liz and Skip met on the Princeton campus, on the day when John Stilwell’s room-mate committed suicide. This appalling event seems to have triggered John’s breakdown and his gradual and frightening descent into schizophrenia. Liz’s attachment to her sick brother and her attempts to protect him, create a shadowy area in her relations with her lover. While her father detaches himself from the family to begin a new life, Liz assumes the increasing responsibility for John. The situation reaches a crisis one Fourth of July weekend when Skip’s socially prominent parents arrive at the same time that John appears, A.W.O.L. from his hospital.” DESCRIPTION: 295 pages 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches Signed, First printing, hardcover with dustjacket CONDITION: This hard-cover book is in fine condition with a fine dustjacket. The reddish cloth cover is very clean and shows no wear. The interior is excellent with no marks, underlining, tears or odor. The hinges and binding are excellent with no loose or missing pages. The dustjacket is complete and attractive, with only slight rubbing of the surfaces. The price on the front flap is intact. BECAUSE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING IS FREE ON THE BOOKS I SELL, COMBINE THIS WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM MY EBAY STORE. I AM AN EXPERIENCED EBAY SELLER (23+ YEARS) AND SHIPPER WITH 100% (always!--since 1997!) FEEDBACK RATING. ALL ITEMS ARE CAREFULLY AND SECURELY PACKED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DANGER OF CRUSHING AND OR WATER/MOISTURE DAMAGE. ALL BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN STURDY BOXES WITH TRACKING AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE ALL OF THE BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS AND SIGNATURES ON BOOKS I SELL.

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