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London: The Hogarth Press, 1989. Publishers original pictorial covers, no creasing to spine, small crease to corner of front cover. Previous owners name to half title page. 156pp. pages lightly toned at edges otherwise clean and bright in firm binding. Saturday dances in raspberry nylons, school, make-up, movies and men: these are the conventional outward trappings of a 1950s teenager. But all the time the author's heroine is nurturing a secret self, which gradually opens the door to another world. First art school, then the ship to England points the way, but marks the end of something more precious still. Sensuous, droll and evocative, this novel is a classic account of youth.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.