num_pages: 301
description: Jack Roma’s Sicilian, lower-middle-class, street-wise persona stands in stark contrast to Nancy Hopkins, a blonde, wealthy, and classically educated socialite. He toils as a union stonemason. She is a senior in Northwestern University’s fabled drama department. While Jack was born, raised, and still lives on Grand Avenue in Chicago’s gritty West Side Little Italy, Nancy has spent her entire privileged existence in the rarefied atmosphere of the wealthy enclave of Lake Forest. The opulence and perfection in which she seemingly exists is, however, a fa§ade as Nancy finds herself trapped in an abusive relationship with Brett, the scion of another Lake Forest millionaire. Jack and Nancy’s love affair must withstand the Lake Forest community’s contemptuous treatment of Jack, as well as the police investigation into Brett’s disappearance that focuses on Jack and Nancy. Equally straining on the lovers is Nancy’s difficulty accepting Jack’s organized crime connections and comprehending the Grand Avenue “code.”
language: English
title: Grand Avenue
titlecomplete: Grand Avenue
publisher: PublishAmerica