New York: Viking, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning Southern author's second novel, set in South Carolina, this is the story of how the Odom family fell apart and then reconfigured itself in a new pattern, as told by their 17 year old daughter. Basis for the 1992 film of the same name starring Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise by Louise Erdrich and Gloria Naylor, among others. 261 pp. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-670818100.