Sudden Rain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743254854)

A vivid, gripping, emotional, and addictive read, Sudden Rain is also a rare and valuable portrait of an era: the long-lost final manuscript of Maritta Wolff--the author who, at the age of twenty-two, published what Sinclair Lewis deemed "the most important novel of the year," Whistle Stop (1941).

Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "the Nixon-era precursor to Tom Perrotta's acclaimed novel, Little Children" this is a compelling drama that offers great insight into the nature of marriage -- both then and now.

Now that Sudden Rain has come out of its hiding place -- in Wolff's refrigerator, found after her death -- it remains gloriously frozen in time. Set in the fall of 1972, the novel perfectly captures, with expansive emotion and cinematic detail, the domestic trends of three generations of middle-class couples living in suburban Los Angeles. A brilliant portrait of its burgeoning era, Sudden Rain also offers striking cultural commentary on our everyday notions of love and marriage; individuality, equality, and community; and the promise and pursuit of the American Dream.

Author: Maritta Wolff
ISBN-10: 0743254856
ISBN-13: 9780743254854
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2006
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 7.90h x 6.72w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 11/01/2005 pg. 1