My Sister, My Bride 1948 Merriam Modell [Evelyn Piper] ~ First Edition

Title: My Sister, My Bride

Author: Merriam Modell [Evelyn Piper, pseud.]

Description: First Edition. Greenish-gray papered boards, stamped in red and black, author's initials ''MM'' on the front cover. Penciled price erased on ffep, else interior clean. Pages crisp. Dust jacket has some wear and minor chipping at head of spine; spine scuffed; bit of soiling to top corners of rear panel; not price clipped ($2.95); in an archival mylar sleeve. 281, [1] pages.

Scarce first edition of the second novel by Merriam Modell (1908-1994), who was known for addressing domestic conflicts in her fiction. Here, in My Sister, My Bride, she tackles the delicate problem of frigidity in women. In this story, Cassie is an intelligent woman, devoted to her husband, happy in her home, proud of her little boy. She tries earnestly to save her marriage; and her struggle is the basis of a tense and thought-provoking love story.

Modell was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1950 and two of her books were made into films in the 1960s, one starring Bette Davis and the other Laurence Olivier.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Place: New York
Year: 1948

Keywords: fiction, novel, marriage, frigidity, domestic fiction,