middle classes

Four novels follow Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom through four decades, from the end of the Eisenhower era in the 1950s to the 1980s.

Using letters, surveys, fiction films, magazines and her own memories, the author writes about teenage girls' expericences in the 1950s.

None of the white farmers cared when African-American Luther Nedeed bought his v-shaped section of land back in 1820, but times and people change, and Linden Hills has become a status symbol for blacks who clamor to get into the community, but never seem to question why no one stays for long.

Ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom has acquired heart trouble, a second grandchild, and he is looking for a reason to live.