Augusta Played — Kelly Cherry

A newly married young couple -- she is a flutist, he is a graduate student -- try to reconcile their differing backgrounds and attitudes. This leads to much merriment and a certain amount of sorrow. The book is set in New York City in the late sixties, with love-ins, riots, performance artists, and assassinations. Other characters include the husband's parents and his father's girlfriend, a stripper, a teenage blackmailer, and an orchestra conductor.