Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - "Meet Nina, Virginia bell, now out shoveling Wisconsin snow. Divorced and childless she has shoveled herself to the brink of middle age" and she needs help now! A book which deals with serious subjects - aging, families. alcohplism but with a light touch. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-9455753109.