How Fair the Sun Shines

To the Greater Generation and their Baby Boom children, the era of the '50s, '60s, and early '70s is not history; it is yesterday. The former codified the American Middle Class and the latter solidified it. The American Dream was now etched in stone, fodder for a new breed of statesmen and the modern con artist. This compelling, coming-of-age story is actually two love stories--for all human stories are love stories of some sort. Meet the St. George family--New Englanders Anthony, war hero and salesman extraordinaire, the insightful Allison who, after one introduction, is on Jackie Kennedy's Christmas card list, and their young son, Elliot, perhaps a little too bright for his own good. The family is on the move, like many Americans, to the South--South Florida to be exact.