New York: Spiegel & Grau (Random House), (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The very highly praised first book - a collection of eight short stories - by this author who (like many of her characters) was born in the Ukraine, grew up in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, and emigrated to the US. Cover praise from Yiyun Li and Khaled Hosseini, among others. 229 pp. ISBN: 9780385524391.