8vo. Pp. [x], 432. Pictorial wraps.
Light crease to upper card cover, else Fine.
The debut novel by the author of the acclaimed short story collection, The Coast of Good Intentions (1998). A New York Times Notable Book. Winner of the Virginia Commonwealth University First Novel Award, and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. A doctor is confronted with an ethical dilemma following his discovery of a cure for Hickman disease, a congenital condition that causes accelerated aging in children. "A piercing scientific and familial romance." –New York Times