Autographed copy.  Ursula Hegi is considered to be one of the premier storytellers of her generation. She grew up in post-war Dusseldorf, Germany until the age of 18 when she immigrated to the United States to study the craft of writing. Hegi's accolades include five PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards, a PEN/ Faulkner award nomination, and spending 21 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Her novel Sacred Time is the story of a troubled Italian-American family living in the Bronx. Anthony Amedeo is a lonely 7-year-old boy who must share a bedroom with his twin cousins Belinda and Bianca. One night in 1953, after the twin's father is sent to jail for theft, Anthony commits an unthinkable act that will haunt him and his family over the course of three generations. The Los Angeles Times noted of Sacred Time, "Ursula Hegi affirms the story-telling gifts so famously on display in her bestselling novel, Stones from the River." This hardcover copy is hand signed by the author and is in excellent condition.