New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Prize-winning first collection of short stories by this author; winner of the Willa Cather award and the Mary Ruffin Poole Award for first fiction, as well as a New York Times Notable Book of they year. The title story was selected by E. Annie Proulx for 'Best American Short Stories, 1997.' Kaye Gibbons called Spence "a reader's dream. Her stories charm the soul and engage the mind... both gentle and firm, quiet and packed with glorious candor.". ISBN: 1-57332-0981.