{"product_id":"9781439125847","title":"Sudden Rain: A Novel","description":"A vivid, gripping, emotional, and addictive read, \u003ci\u003eSudden Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is also a rare and valuable portrait of an era: the long-lost final 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,\" \u003ci\u003eWhistle Stop\u003c\/i\u003e (1941).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the Nixon-era precursor to Tom Perrotta's acclaimed novel, \u003ci\u003eLittle Children\u003c\/i\u003e\" this is a compelling drama that offers great insight into the nature of marriage -- both then and now.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow that \u003ci\u003eSudden Rain\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eSudden Rain \u003c\/i\u003ealso 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.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125073461488,"sku":"9781439125847","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439125847_p0.jpg?v=1763788502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439125847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}