New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. Hardcover first edition - "Her first book in nine years. Lark & Termite is set during the 1950's in West Virginia and Korea. It is the story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and the unseen, almost magical bonds that unite and sustain us.". Dust jacket praise from Alice Munro, Tim O'Brien and Junot Diaz (who calls it "extraordinary . . . luminous . . . it is the best novel I've read all year.) 254 pp. ISBN: 978-0375401954.