New York: Random House, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an offbeat coming of age story. "Jane Singer, 19, thinks she's plain; she hates her body, and doesn't care much for her face, either. She's wrong about her appearance, but it's undeniable that her plainspoken opinions get her into trouble. . . . The middle child in a dysfunctional Cleveland family, Jane has learned to deflect her autocratic father's temper tantrums in order to earn his love; her emotionally distant mother is showing the strain and will soon ask for a divorce. . . Her older sister, Caroline, has astonished the nearly assimilated Singer family by marrying an Orthodox Jewish doctor. Refracted through Jane's wickedly observant eye and acerbic wit, the contrasting behavior of Caroline's in-laws and the secularized Singers is an iconoclastic, often hilarious social portrait." (Publishers Weekly) 261 pp. ISBN: 0-679412611.