After the War (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) - Hardcover

Adams, Alice

 
9780783893921: After the War (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)

Synopsis

Describes life in the small Southern town of Pinehill at the end of World War II, as Cynthia Baird finds her life complicated by loneliness, the local racism and anti-Semitism, and a growing fear of Communism.

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Review

"Los Angeles Times Imagine God as a small-town gossip and you'll get the feel of Alice Adams' eleventh and last novel....[It] excels in evoking a nearly lost world.

About the Author

Alice Adams was born in Virginia and educated at Radcliffe College. The author of ten previous novels, she had stories selected for twenty-two O. Henry Awards collections and several volumes of Best American Short Stories. She lived in San Francisco, where she died in 1999.

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