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Reviewed on April 1, 1999
In this overly intense and verbose first novel, set in California in the early 1960s, Darby explores three generations of the Harris family, whose dreams of the good life turn to dust. Jim Harris longs for material success and his father's approval. His wife, Marian, supplements the family's income by sewing for the town's wealthy women. Their palpable unha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More