1987 First Edition.  8vo. 224 pp. Hardback binding in publisher’s original vivid purple covers, gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to spine top and bottom, stamp on back paste down states “This book was warehouse damaged”. No other damage evident. Very good in Fine Bee Willey illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped.

‘A magical story of love and loneliness, of terror and human frailty, of the mystery and grace of ordinary experience. Alice Hoffman’s ability to fuse the domestic and the mythic in a narrative of such gentle yet magnetic force confirms her stature as one of the most gifted of American novelists.’