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In an America emerging from World War I, in Runnymede, Maryland, the distinctly free-thinking Hunsenmier sisters, Louise and Julia-- otherwise known as Wheezie and Jutz-- have a wide circle of friends. The sisters are coming of age in a shifting world, and are determined to understand their place in...

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Main Author: Brown, Rita Mae (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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City and town life > Mason-Dixon Line > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Maryland > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Maryland.
Domestic fiction > Maryland.
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Summary:In an America emerging from World War I, in Runnymede, Maryland, the distinctly free-thinking Hunsenmier sisters, Louise and Julia-- otherwise known as Wheezie and Jutz-- have a wide circle of friends. The sisters are coming of age in a shifting world, and are determined to understand their place in it. Across town, the well-to-do Chalfonte siblings are preparing for the upcoming wedding of brother Curtis. But for youngest sister Celeste, the celebration brings about a change she never expected and a lesson about love she'll not soon forget.
Physical Description:xiv, 301 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780553392654 (hardcover)
0553392654 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Rita Mae Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1944. She received an associate's degree from Broward Junior College in 1965, a B.A. in English and classics from New York University in 1968, a Cinematography Degree from the School of the Visual Arts in 1968, and a Ph.D. in English and political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in 1976. She was the writer-in-residence at the Women's Writing Center of Cazenovi College and a visiting instructor teaching fiction writing at the University of Virginia.

After publishing two books of poetry, she published her first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, in 1973. Her works include The Hand that Cradles the Rock, Sudden Death, Venus Envy, Loose Lips, and Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser. She writes the Mrs. Murphy Mystery series and Foxhunting Mysteries series. She also writes screenplays and teleplays including Sweet Surrender, Room to Move, Table Dancing, and The Long Hot Summer. Her work on TV earned several Emmy nominations and she received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Variety Show in 1982 for I Love Liberty.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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