Garish Days

"[Garish Days] is a complete delight, perfect in every detail." —Chicago Tribune

In this first novel, young Louise Merrill nostalgically recalls her early days as a fashion apprentice. Oblivious to the perils of Europe in 1938, she sets sail for Paris to select fashions for her Aunt Hattie's large Cleveland department store.

Hardcover: 214 pages
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson; 1st edition (January 1988)
ISBN-10: 155584037X

Cousin It

A funny and sweet satire of 1950's American life when high-brow and low-brow culture were thought to be far apart. The orphan Vicky Fowler is moved to the fabulous ranch house of her mysterious Cousin Itzel, where she lives in lonely splendor and gets her heart broken, then finds a kitten; gets to know a Negro woman and meets a really cute boy!

Hardcover: 230 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (February 27, 1991)
ISBN-10: 0899199453