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      Sudden Rain

      by Maritta Wolff
      Published
      Jun 2005
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      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.

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      Aug 2006 Scribner ISBN13 9780743254854 ISBN10 0743254856
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      First Edition Jun 2005 Simon & Schuster (UK) ISBN13 9780743248082 ISBN10 0743248082
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      Jun 2005 Simon & Schuster (UK) ISBN13 9780743248099 ISBN10 0743248090
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      May 2010 Scribner ISBN13 9781439125847 ISBN10 1439125848
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      Dec 2012 Simon & Schuster (UK) ISBN13 9781471105500 ISBN10 1471105504
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      Apr 2005 Highbridge Audio ISBN13 9781565119543 ISBN10 1565119541
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