New York: SOHO Press, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Canadian author's second novel, the story of three sisters growing up in the sixties in a disfunctional family, with a mother who never leaves the house and a seemingly normal father, who is in reality both abusive and an alcoholic. "A coming-of-age story set in the sixties--Gowdy sets the suburban dream on its edge and flips it back and forth, revealing first its dark and then ludicrous sides."(The Globe and Mail) SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-939149354.