Sudden Rain

By: Maritta Wolff, Margot Livesey (Introduction by)

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Paperback | 8 August 2006

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448 Pages

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20.32 x 13.34 x 2.54

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A vivid, gripping, emotional, and addictive read, "Sudden Rain" is also a rare and valuable time capsule: the long-lost 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).

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.

Industry Reviews

"A deft, accomplished slice of life, a novel that, in its subtle yet unrelenting fashion, peels back the privileged surfaces of its characters to expose them in their complicated humanity."
-- Chicago Tribune
"A virtuoso drama."
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"An iconic rendering of middle-class domestic [life]."
-- BookPage
"Miss Wolff is a harshly realistic and accurate observer of American city life."
-- The New York Times
"The Nixon-era precursor to Tom Perrotta's Little Children...Sudden Rain proves worthy of its serendipitous discovery."
-- Entertainment Weekly
"Wolff weaves the era's social upheaval into each foreboding page, but it's her devastating insight into what people say and do...that makes this book a page-turner."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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