Boston: Little Brown, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover - First novel and second book by this Granta award winning author. Set in a small town in depression-era North Carolina, Alice McDermott called this 'a delight. A sweet graceful novel that charms the reader with marvelous language, honest emotion, and authentic characters.' INSCRIBED on the title page "for..." 227 pp. ISBN: 0-316-199648.