New York: Harper & Row, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in a small town overlooking the Carquinez Straits at the end of San Francisco Bay, this is Leffland's most enduring novel, a coming of age story of a young girl during World War II. The NY Times called it "a classic, a gem, an absolute treasure of a novel.". ISBN: 0-06-0125721.