Key Porter, Toronto, 2005, 1^st, Uncorrected Proof.  Trade soft cover, 276 pages.  Very good; wraps show some edge and cover wear, small corner bends; binding sound.  Interior clean and unmarked.  ‘In her first work of adult fiction, Governor General’s Award-winning author Julie Johnston contemplates the meaning of life through Val Hudson, a woman approaching fifty, whose world is threatened by the death of her husband.’ (from rear wrap)