New York: Hyperion, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED on title page, and dated Nov. 6, 1994. Author's 2nd novel, the story of Darnell Tucker, a black firefighter and workingman, set in fictional Rio Seco, California. One reviewer called her "portrayal of a black woman's life nearly miraculous in its lyrical style, its tone, its astonishing richness of detail..". ISBN: 0-7868-60030.