The Abortion
  • Published:
    Feb-1973 (Hardcover)
    Dec-1978 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Historical Romance
  • Pages:
    171
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The Abortion is a genre novel parody about a California library which accepts books in any form & from all who wish to donate -- children submit crayoned tales of toys; teens of angst & elders drop of memoirs -- "the unwanted, the lyrical & haunted volumes of American writing". Summoned by a silver bell at all hours, submissions are cataloged by librarian's discretion; not by Dewey, but by placement on whatever magically dust-free shelf serves best in an author's judgment.
Then Vida appears. Awkwardly shy, she's described as the world's most beautiful woman. Admen "would have made into a national park if they would have gotten their hands on her." Falling for the reclusive librarian, she gets pregnant & goes to Tijuana for an abortion.
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    •  
    • Dec-1978
    • Pocket
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671827979
    • ISBN13: 9780671827977
    •  
    • Mar-1971
    • Simon & Schuster
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 067120873X
    • ISBN13: 9780671208738
    •  
    • Mar-1972
    • Pocket
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0671781618
    • ISBN13: 9780671781613
    •  
    • Jul-2002
    • Vintage (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0099437589
    • ISBN13: 9780099437581
    • First Edition
    • Feb-1973
    • Ebury Publishing (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0224007793
    • ISBN13: 9780224007795
    •  
    • Mar-1971
    • Touchstone
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0671208721
    • ISBN13: 9780671208721
    •  
    • Mar-2009
    • Amereon Ltd
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0848832582
    • ISBN13: 9780848832582



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