✨ Featured Offer
Used, Very Good
$8.69
List Price: $23.00
🚚
See all 5 offers from $8.69 FREE standard delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Overview
Clara first spies him through the crack in the stained-glass window of her church, lighting a string of handmade lanterns in the Adirondack woods. A lone old man, Georg Kominsky moves stealthily among the shadow world of his hanging, glittering creations. In Alison McGhee's stunning novel Shadow Baby, eleven-year-old Clara is struggling to find the truth about her missing father and grandfather and her twin sister, dead at birth, but her mother steadfastly refuses to talk about these people who are lost to her daughter. When Clara begins interviewing Georg Kominsky for a school biography assignment, she finds that he is equally reticent about his own concealed history. Precocious and imaginative, the girl invents version upon version of Mr. Kominsky's past, just as she invents lives for the people missing from her own shadowy past. The journey of discovery that these two oddly matched people embark upon is at the heart of this beautiful story about friendship and communion, about discovering what matters most in life, and about the search to find the missing pieces of ourselves. McGhee's prose glistens with shrewd truth and wild imaginings, creating a fine novel that will reverberate in the hearts and minds of readers long after the book is finished.
| ISBN-13 | 9780609606322 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0609606328 |
| Weight | 0.90 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 1.00 x 8.75 In |
| List Price | $23.00 |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Pages | 256 pages |
| Publisher | Harmony |
| Published On | 2000-04-11 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB Inc.
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Sixth Chamber Inc.
River Falls, WI, USA
Harmony Books 2000. Light Wear. Clean Text, No Water Damage, Strong Binding. Unless Listed in this d...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB
Frederick, MD, USA
Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markin...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB-Ruby
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
MLC Books
Northfield, MN, USA
Inscribed By the Author Second printing. Inscribed "To _____, with my thanks for your ideas and con...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026