New York: Warner, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - AuthorÕs first novel, set in a small South Carolina town, and with cover praise from Clyde Edgerton, Lee Smith, Charles Portis, Roy Blount, Jr., Kaye Gibbons and more. In addition to being already an award-winning writer, Gilbert was herself a cosmetologist. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-446515264.