She is the author of the following novels: "The Peacock" in 1963, "Voices in the City" in 1965, "Bye-Bye, Blackbird" in 1971, "The Peacock Garden" in 1974, "Where Shall We Go This Summer?" in 1975, "Cat on a Houseboat" in 1976, "Fire on the Mountain" in 1977, "Games at Twilight and Other Stories" in 1978, "Clear Light of Day" in 1980, "Village by the Sea" in 1982," "Baumgartner's Bombay" in 1988, "Journey to Ithaca" in 1996, "Fasting, Feasting" in 1999, "Diamond Dust" in 2000, and "The Zigzag Way: A Novel" in 2004.