McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2000, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-7710-8067-0.  Trade soft cover, 255 pages plus Acknowledgements.  Very good; light edge and cover wear, light upper front corner bend and to the first few pages; pages lightly tanned; appears unread.  ‘This spellbinding collection of eleven stories chronicles the remarkable journey of one woman’s life from childhood to adulthood, through exotic landscapes, and through the darker, more mysterious terrain of the human heart.’ (from rear wrap)