Edge Of Glass

Edge Of Glass (1969) by Catherine Gaskin — Fawcett World Library
ISBN: None (born before the Numbering Age)
Condition: Used (fragile glamour, emotionally stable, physically “lived in”)
Offered with a nostalgic flutter by Crappy Old Books

Step gingerly onto the Edge Of Glass, where feelings are intense, secrets are sharp, and everyone is one dramatic revelation away from staring out of a rain-streaked window. Catherine Gaskin, mistress of the sprawling, emotionally-charged novel, serves up a story in which lives, loyalties and love affairs are as precarious as the title suggests — glittering on the surface, perilous underneath.

This is classic late-1960s book-club drama territory: expect big emotions, complicated relationships, questionable life choices, and at least one person who absolutely refuses to talk about “what happened back then.” There are pasts to be hidden, futures to be negotiated, and the ever-present sense that someone, somewhere, is about to overhear the wrong conversation at exactly the wrong time.

Does this edition contain:

• A strong, conflicted heroine trying to do the right thing while surrounded by people doing the absolute opposite?

• A tangle of loyalties, romances, and moral dilemmas that could all be solved if anyone ever sat down and spoke plainly for five minutes?

• That wonderful old-school Gaskin atmosphere where everything feels slightly doomed but very readable?

Almost certainly. Specifics aside, you’re in the safe, dramatic hands of mid-century popular fiction, and it knows exactly what you came for.

This particular copy, rescued and re-homed by Crappy Old Books, is proudly Used. That means:

• The cover may show the subtle scuffs and nicks of a book that has been in more than one home (and possibly more than one handbag),

• The pages may be nicely tanned, like they’ve been on an extended holiday somewhere near a window,

• The spine may exhibit gentle creasing, each line a visual record of, “I’ll just read one more chapter.”

At a glance, it whispers: “I was purchased in 1969 with full intention of being read in a single weekend, and I have been faintly dramatic ever since.”

There is no ISBN — not because it’s obscure or mysterious, but because this book comes from that noble, pre-barcode era when publishers simply trusted you to cope without a number. Consider it retro charm, or evidence that this novel has been around long enough to see fashions, relationships, and entire décor trends come and go.

If you:

• Enjoy old-school women’s fiction where the stakes are personal, domestic, and quietly devastating,

• Like your drama with a side of vintage paperback aesthetics,

• Or simply want a 1969 novel that looks fantastic on a shelf and better in your hands…

…then this Used copy of Edge Of Glass is ready to step back into the spotlight. It may not be pristine, but then again, neither is anyone in a proper Catherine Gaskin story — and that’s half the fun.

Take it home, turn the pages carefully, and prepare for the sort of emotional turbulence modern life rarely schedules for you in such a satisfying 1960s paperback format.

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