Smith, Dinitia

New York. 1980. September 1980. Dial Press. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0803734093. 207 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Honi Werner. keywords: Literature America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - At twenty, Michael was everything Luke could never hope to be. A brilliant student whose achievements came effortlessly. A passionate idealist whose activism electrified the campus. A rich son who repudiated the values of his millionaire father. Luke had only burning ambitions, fueled by his insecurity - and Grace, who would become his wife and the symbol of his stability . and his limitations. Ten years later Luke is an up-and-coming journalist on the staff of a trendy New York magazine. And Michael? Michael is working on an assembly line in Detroit, attempting to penetrate a world where he will always be an outsider, learning to love for the first time in his troubled life. The girl, Ruth, is eighteen, the sister of one of the men he works with. She is too innocent to fear Michael - and too tough to need him. THE HARD RAIN is written with stunning clarity. It is an unforgettable novel about sixties people stranded in the seventies. inventory #25823 ISBN: 0803734093.