
After enduring, from afar, a seemingly endless series of worldwide disasters - including 9/11 and the asian tsunami - while living in earthquake-prone Los Angeles, bereft Katrina experiences deep inner longings for some sense of permanence, meaning and intimacy. A pre-school...

"[Francesca Lia] Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler."--The New York Times Book Review "[Block] uses language like a jeweled sword glittering as it cuts to the heart."--Kirkus Reviews After enduring from...

" Francesca Lia] Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler."-- The New York Times Book Review " Block] uses language like a jeweled sword glittering as it cuts to the heart."-- Kirkus Reviews After enduring from afar a seemingly endless...