Sunday Afternoon Book Group

American pastoral is the story of the fortunate American's rise and fall- of a strong confident master of the social equilibrium overwhelmed by the forces of social disorder. Swede Levov- legendary high school athlete, a devoted family man, a hard worker, the precipice inheritor of his father's Newark glove factory- comes of age in a thriving, triumphant postwar America. But everything he loves is lost when the country begins to run amok in the turbulent 1960s. Not even the most private, well intentioned citizen, it seems gets to sidestep the sweep of history. With vigorous realism, will take his back to the complex environment transitions in the 1960s

Wage 18 years to get a divorce so he could marry his longtime friend a nurse. The plo revolves around three characters the Army doctor, his wife, and the nurse. Beginning in 1963 and stretching over a 20 year period, waiting is set against the background of a changing Chinese society. The contrast city and country life and shows the restrictions on individual freedoms that are part of life under communism. But waiting is primarily a novel of character. It presents a portrait of a decent but deeply flawed man whose life is spoiled by his inability to experience strong emotions and love wholeheartedly