New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third novel, 5th book - the story of a woman who must cope with the care of her terminally ill mother at the same time as she learns the joys of caring for her newborn first baby. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-375-401946.