New York: Norton, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1943 in Los Angeles - dustjacket praise from Rick Bass (who calls it a "perfect story") and James Lee Burke (who says "its depiction of the United States during World War II is the best I've read and certainly the most accurate... the story line is poignant, sad, joyful, humorous, heart-rending, innocently erotic - everything a child could have experienced in the year 1943.") 174 pp. ISBN: 0-393-027589.