Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by author. Hilda Louise, who lives in an orphanage, has many friends but longs for a family, until one day her longing sweeps her away, floating up and over the orphanage walls, high above Paris as she pursues what all humans need most.