Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of twelve short stories, this received the Pushcart Prize, was a finalist for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award, a New York Times Notable Book and was listed as one of the Most Intriguing Books of 1997 by Glamour magazine, among other awards. Annie Proulx called Gilbert a "young writer of incandescent talent." SIGNED on the title page. Gilbert is best known for her later memoir, 'Eat Pray Love.' 210 pp. ISBN: 0-395836239.