New York: William H. Morrow, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - " When land developers uncover human bones at the site of an old drive-in, Callie Anne Benton realizes that she alone knows the identity of the victim who mysteriously disappeared thirty-six years ago.. . . [she] recalls the tumultuous summer of 1956. Nearly thirteen, she is stuck at home with her parents during a long hot summer in rural Indiana. Her father, an angry, bitter man, runs the drive-in . . . Her mother is an agoraphobic who hasn't left the house in five years. When a drifter named Charlie Memphis comes to work at the drive-in, everyone's life changes." 282 pp. ISBN: 0-688153895.