New York: Riverhead Books, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American author's first novel (preceded by plays and short stories), a coming of age story set in a small town in 1970s Georgia and in Los Angeles. Dust jacket praise from Tina McElroy Ansa who called it "funny, unsettling, enthralling." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1998. 210 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0639.