Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novelist's engrossing account of making the 200-mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, in the heat of summer, and with her 12 year old daughter. A book both realistic in recognizing the frailities and failures of us all, and inspiring. A title in the Literary Travel Series. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-7922-37455.

New York: Henry Holt, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel (fourth book) by this Scottish-born author,about the bonds between a mother and daughter - even though the mother died in childbirth. Dust jacket blurbs from Alice Hoffman, who calls it "quirky and enchanting" and from Andrea Barrett. SIGNED on the title page. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-679-444874.