{"product_id":"in-this-sign-by-joanne-greenberg-first-edition-first-printing-1970-holt-rinehart-winston","title":"In This Sign by Joanne Greenberg SIGNED! [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1970 • Holt Rinehart \u0026 Winston","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn This Sign by Joanne Greenberg aka Hannah Green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1970] HOLT, RINEHART \u0026amp; WINSTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDual-title page has been flat-signed by author Joanne Greenberg.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket is clean and attractive.  Price clipped front panel and a few sealed tears.  Looks great in a brodart jacket protector!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent.  A few faint spots to upper text block and a short *gift inscription on front endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooks and reads like new w. some mild rub wear to cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the award-winning author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Joanne Greenberg presents a poignant novel of family whose love and courage enable them to survive in the silent world of the deaf.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbel and Janice Ryder began their married life together with all the hopes and dreams of a young couple deeply in love. But before long they realize that their deafness stands as an immense barrier between them and a society that seems to work only for those who can hear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInexperienced, ignorant, and bewildered, Abel and Janice leave the harsh environment of a school for the disabled and enter the insensitive world of the hearing. Through years of debt and misunderstanding, hard and degrading work, the raising of a hearing daughter, common tragedies and joys, they learn that the remarkable tool of sign language enables them to survive and, indeed, to forge a love too powerful to be broken by the painful, extraordinary world into which they were born.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanning four generations, In This Sign is the story of one family’s struggle to carve a place for itself out of the tides of wealth, war, and human strivings in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742417236217,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/inthissignSIGNED-1copy.jpg?v=1785556899","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/in-this-sign-by-joanne-greenberg-first-edition-first-printing-1970-holt-rinehart-winston","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}