New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - An historical novel for young adults set in 1677 - the story of a bookseller's daughter which "recreates a lively and fascinating historical period when women claimed a new and more active role in London's literary scene. . . Meg Moore is the motherless and only child of a bookseller with a thriving business in Restoration London-and that makes her an heiress. But Mr. Moore's unexpected marriage throws all Meg's dreams into confusion.. . Meg seeks wisdom from almanacs and astrologers, plays and books of jests, guides for ladies and guides for midwives. Yet it is through her own experience that she finds a new maturity with which to face her unknown future." SIGNED bookplate laid in. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. Author's note. 140 pp. ISBN: 0-374304491.