Tom DeMarco
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Bring together a wonderfully varied mix of characters in a once-grand Maine island summer cottage, leave them to their own devices over the course of a long, idyllic summer in the late 1940s, and you have all the ingredients for a fine comedy of manners. Author Tom DeMarco starts with a simple little love story, weaves in tantalizing details of the old mansion's not totally respectable history, and adds a hint of gentle satire to create a novel that...
Author
Language
English
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John Donegal is thrust forward nearly four centuries into a future that is distinctly matriarchal. Males are the objects of interest and affection, but distinctly second-class citizens. Men can't vote and boys are excluded from the schools. Women are in control of EVERYTHING.
Though he is exasperated by his low status in this strange new world, he comes to understand that there are are breath-taking improvements wrought by the new female overclass:...
