<DIV>In a novel the <B>Village Voice</B> calls "memorable" and "striking," Alice Hoffman vividly portrays a family shattered by tragedy when eleven-year-old Amanda is diagnosed with AIDS...<P> <I>"Brilliant...explosive...heart-rending."</I> --<B>Chicago Tribune</B><P> <I> "Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way."</I> --<B>Glamour</B><P> <I> "Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human."</I> --<B>Miami Herald</B><P> <I> "Compelling power...tenderness and perceptiveness." </I> --<B>New York Times</B><P> <I> "I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary." </I> --<B>Mademoiselle</B><P> <I> "Deeply impressive...powerful." </I> --<B>Newsweek</B><P> <I> "Deeply moving...Sensitivity and empathy...radiate from this beautiful novel." </I> --<B>Chicago Sun-Times</B><P> <I> "Compassionate...This is a serious, honest novel." </I> --<B>Village Voice</B><P> <I> "Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable." </I> --<B>Kirkus Reviews</B><P> <I> "An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel." </I> --<B>Joseph Heller</B> </div>