New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1968.). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of this special paperbound preview edition issued, according ot the back cover, in only 500 copies. The author's first book, the story of 3 badly damaged patients, who meet in a hospital and decide to live together - since they have nowhere else to go. Basis of the 1970 film of the same name starring Lisa Minelli.