Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel (Toni Morrison called it 'truly extraordinary'). Set in the 1960's, this is the story of a young girl raised in Virginia who returns to her family in Detroit. Nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award. 299 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-085-x.