@book{1171, keywords = {adoption, middle-aged people, neighbors}, author = {Sharon Dilworth}, title = {Year of the Gingko}, abstract = {Caroline, a married, maternal, middle-aged woman, loses her job with the City of Pittsburgh and turns her time and attention to her Shadyside neighbors. One is Barbara, childless and single, who tries to adopt of Chinese baby girl, while Maggie is friendly, dynamic, and a scholar of Asian Studies. When Caroline gets a crush on Maggie's husband Allan—a Scotsman—“dark truths simmer away below polite urban surfaces,” warns the cover copy.}, year = {2010}, pages = {232 p.}, publisher = {Unbound Press}, address = {Glasgow, Scotland}, language = {English}, }