New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Eleventh novel by this prize-winning Southern writer - described by Edward Hirsch as "her best yet - a coming-of-age novel about a sassy nineteen year old heroine who has spent her life pleasing others and being moved around Texas, shuttling between her eccentric parents." Winner of an American Academy of Arts and Literature Award209 pp. ISBN: 0-394-571754.