Lone Hill -- The Last Game -- Southland -- Lone Hill -- The Well-Kept Home -- Mrs. Madison -- The Lye Shed -- The Butterfly Skirt -- Full-Time Man -- Knock on the Door -- The Last Game -- Beat the Chinaman -- The Coast Daylight -- The Coast Daylight -- Off Visiting Relatives -- A View from the Tower -- The Valley of Heart's Delight -- Lone Hill -- Gambit -- The Forge -- Poker -- House Fire -- Coal Oil -- Shorty's Dream -- New Deal -- Steen's Dream -- The Blossom Festival -- The Year of the Rooster -- The Fairy King -- Cherry Rain -- The Language of Birds -- The White-Limbed Girls -- The Blossom Festival -- The World's Fair -- Epilogue: To 1942.
Summary
A novel on the orchard country of pre-World War II California with its festivals. It follows the lives of a number of families, including that of an American-born Japanese girl as she tries to fit in, unaware of what awaits her.
