My Valley Is Icky Too

The free spirit in Suzanne's Newsclipping Service, Janice devours men like a meat-eater, though she's a vegetarian. She conquers tricks, dodges marriage proposals and embarks on a journey that takes her to the desert, where she discovers the remains of Dr. Thurlow's plane. Thurlow invented the birth-control Janice uses, so he is her erstwhile hero. Outside the city, she discovers a different life off of Banyan Circle, where a hot air balloon pilot and an adopted girl begin to show her a way to confront the family past she'd avoided so well. An earthquake changes everything in this novel set in Southern California.