New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Although set in San Francisco in the 1950s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, with a long blurb by Amy Tan on the back cover. The first book selected in San Francisco's "one city, one book" program. ISBN: 0-525-24994x.