Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker and Hoard, (2003.). Author's third novel, originally published in 1985 - the story of the lives gathered around Jessie's Cafe, 'a restaurant from another era, the sort of broken-down waterfront dive one might expect to find in Steinbeck or Saroyan.' The dedication page refers to this being "lightly edited" by Jane Vandenburgh. 272 pp. ISBN: 1-59376-0035.