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though it is one you must surrenderyourself to. Signed, dated, and placed ("LA-Oct.10, 2016") by author on title page in black fountain ink.THE WONDER is the basis of the new Netflix movie directed by Sebastian Lelio and starring Florence Pugh as a nurse charged with 'watching' an eleven-year-old Irish girl who is not eating, who some think is a saint in the making but who is slowly starving to death.It is a terrific book about guilt, a dark family secret, redemption, and the gift of compassion-and a much better movie than it is being given credit for. 12-15) from this book and a delightful question & answer session with the audience. Signed by the author in thin black felt pen near the bottom of title page and dated ("Oct 11 2016") just above her signature done in my presence at Maryville University Auditorium (Saint Louis, MO) on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, after a 7 PM reading (pgs. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance.

Condition of book and jacket consistent with being brand new and not read. 1-1/2" circular black-on-white "AUTOGRAPHED / EDITION" sticker on front panel near top edge at spine 2-1/4" x 1" black-on-white store sticker (author, title, price, ISBN number & bar code) on lower right corner of rear panel publisher's original price of "$27.00 US" listed on the upper right corner of front flap. Jacket is clean no tears, folds or fading very slight crease on top front edge 1" from spine raised letters of author's name and title on front panel evident (they have not been crushed) a publisher's bound-in signature page with the author's signature immediately follows the FFEP. Book is new and pristine: it is square, hinges tight, corners not bumped, no dings on edges, head and heel of spine very lightly creased, interior clean and unmarked no page corners folded or damaged no staining or discoloration. 9-1/2" tall, 291 numbered pages followed by unnumbered pages of "Author's Note" and "About the Author" otherwise plain orange boards have the Little, Brown logo blindstamped 3" from the top edge, that logo being two 1/2 circles, the first enclosing an "L", the other enclosing a "B" black quarter binding with copper colored lettering on spine only plain orange end pages fore edge is not trimmed.

Stated "First Edition, September 2016", first printing with a full number line starting at "1".
