Published by

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Post Office Box 2225

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2225

a division of

Workman Publishing Company, Inc.

225 Varick Street

New York, New York 10014

© 1993 by Joyce Durham Barrett. All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America.

Design by Sara Smith.

Excerpt from “The Green Door” by Marvin J. Moore and Bob Davie © 1956 Trio Music Co., Inc. & Alley Music Corp. (renewed). All rights reserved. Excerpts from “I Want to Be Free” by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller © 1957 Jerry Leiber Music & Mike Stoller Music (renewed). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No reference to any real person is intended or should be inferred.

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E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-290-3