"Daddy Boy" is that rare thing--a lyrical novel that rocks with laughter and features a cast of truly compelling characters. Robin D. tells us the story of growning up between her warring, eccentric parents. Daddy was once hardscrabble poor, a wildcatter in the Texas Panhandle. Now he's oil-baron rich and living it up in Hollywood, where he met Robin D.'s mother, a Virginia aristocrat turned cover girl and movie starlet who met Daddy at the peak of her career. Their inevitable divorce sets the stage for Robin's tale, ...
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"Daddy Boy" is that rare thing--a lyrical novel that rocks with laughter and features a cast of truly compelling characters. Robin D. tells us the story of growning up between her warring, eccentric parents. Daddy was once hardscrabble poor, a wildcatter in the Texas Panhandle. Now he's oil-baron rich and living it up in Hollywood, where he met Robin D.'s mother, a Virginia aristocrat turned cover girl and movie starlet who met Daddy at the peak of her career. Their inevitable divorce sets the stage for Robin's tale, written by Carey Cameron with an exquisite delicacy and deep insight. In "Daddy Boy, " human foibles are gilded by the California sun, Texas oil, and the glare of 1960s Hollywood.
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Add this copy of Daddy Boy: a Novel to cart. $9.99, very good condition, Sold by UHR Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hollis Center, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Algonquin Books.
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Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 0912697849. 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 290 pages; No Dust Jacket, Green cloth quarter spine with white boards. Very lightly rubbed at edges. Text pages clean and tight..
Add this copy of Daddy Boy to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Jeff Hirsch Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wadsworth, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
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Very Good. An Uncorrected Proof in pale tan wrappers. Dust soiling to the covers, and some smudging to the page edges. A first novel that transcends the poor little rich girl convention to show the truth behind the stereotype.; 290 pages.
Add this copy of Daddy Boy: a Novel to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Laid in black and white photograph of author, and advertisement for book by Algonquin Books. Fine in fine dust jacket. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
Add this copy of Daddy Boy to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Add this copy of Daddy Boy to cart. $67.98, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Algonquin Books.
Add this copy of Daddy Boy: a Novel to cart. $112.14, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Algonquin Books.
