New York: Henry Holt, (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A series of eight interrelated narratives that take on "two of the most compelling truths about life in America today: the dreadful toll of random violence, and the brain-wrenching anxieties all parents feel with regard to the physical and emotional well-being of their children." SIGNED on the title page. A finalist for National Book
Award. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-805026541.