New York: Scribner, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a 'true-life novel' inspired by the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, told in "a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant." Set on a ranch in Arizona, Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, and the Great Depression. Frontispiece, author's note. 272 pp. ISBN: 9781416586289.