; 14 oz.; 199 pages; VG+ HC w/DJ almost as new BCE? Slight shelf wear/aging. Nora Silk moves to a Long Island suburb in 1959, and the place will never be the same. An outrageously unconventional single mother, Nora exhibits a courage and freedom that the suburbanites she befriends have never encountered before, and her example forces them to examine their lives and face their limitations.