New York: Doubleday, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by a consistently interesting and provocative novelist who is not yet as widely read as she deserves to be. This is the story of Ellen, a vetinarian at the New Orleans Zoo, dealing with both the collapse of her marriage and and an outbreak of an infectious disease among the animals. Martin, who was raised in New Orleans, knows that city well. SIGNED on the title page. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-385-421257.