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From the intimacy of small town America to big city life, from The second world war to 9/11, In the Meantime vividly encapsulates an unforgettable era.On a hot summer's day in 1931, three five-year-olds meet on the dusty street in the small Midwestern town, beginning a friendship that will last all of their lives. Kathryn, the oldest within an ever-expanding family, is bright and earnest, and thinks she wants being a nurse. Starling is definitely an only child by having an absent father. He doesn't yet know he is of mixed race-he doesn't even determine what that means-all he knows is that when he grows up he is going to be a star. Luke doesn't understand what he wants, except for his older brother not to become dead.Together they go through the joys and pains of childhood, even though the anxieties of puberty and awakening sexuality nearly destroy their three-way friendship forever. Reaching adulthood after World War II, they follow their dreams to New York City, where they discover that not Manhattan is free of racism and prejudice.Through many years of these ever-entwined adult lives some dreams are realized while some grow dim, only one constant remains: their bond of friendship. At the book's end, some seventy years after it began, only among them remains to share with the storyplot with their lives, and of what happened…in the meantime.About the AuthorRobin Lippincott will be the author of two previous novels plus a number of short stories. His work has also appeared in The Paris Review, Fence, The Modern York Times Book Review, The Literary Review, and several other journals, as well as several anthologies, and the man has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony. He teaches inside MFA Writing Program at Spalding University and also at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On a hot summer's day in 1931, three five-year-olds meet over a dusty street in the small Midwestern town, beginning a friendship that may last each of their lives. Kathryn, the oldest within an ever-expanding family, is bright and earnest, and thinks she wants to become a nurse. Starling is surely an only child with the absent father. He doesn't yet know he is of mixed race-he doesn't even determine what that means-all they know is always that when he grows up he is likely to be a star. Luke doesn't know what he wants, except for his older brother not being dead. Together they experience the joys and pains of childhood, even though anxieties of puberty and awakening sexuality nearly destroy their three-way friendship forever. Reaching adulthood after World War II, they follow their dreams to The big apple City, where they discover that not Manhattan is without any racism and prejudice.Through many years of their ever-entwined adult lives some dreams are realized while some grow dim, only one constant remains: their bond of friendship. At the book's end, some seventy years after it began, only among them remains to tell the story of these lives, and of the happened...in the meantime.
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