Toronto: Harper Collins, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's highly praised first novel - it "traces the desire of a young woman to make a place for herself in a media-mad, toxic-scare-filled world. HelenÕs mother is an astronaut trying to set an endurance record in a space station. Her father, a disaster-relief specialist, circles the world saving people from catastrophe. What kind of family is possible when your parents are in constant motion and thereÕs so much space separating you from them? With risks of disaster all around, how do you dream a future for yourself? " 338 pp. ISBN: 0-00-2242516.