New York: Norton, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In this rich, shocking, and darkly comic debut novel, Alix Wilber introduces the reader to four generations of understandably melancholy Dufores, as well as those members of the LaFleur, LaStrange, and Woodie clans unfortunate enough to mix with or marry into the Dufore family... a magical and horrifying family narrative." 351 pp. ISBN: 0-393029751.