New York: St Martin's, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, set in New York City in the 10 years between 1974 and 1983. From the dj: "For Gil the dream was to leave the Midwest,arrive in New York and become a Famous Actor... And then there's Emma... She is a fiction triumph: an exhilarating, exasperating, totally unique heroine. She is the center around which this heartfelt, exuberant novel turns." Illustrated endpapers. 470 pp. ISBN: 0-312-02911X).