Title: Small-town dreams
Description: Laurie Evans was in the WACs during the war and got her college degree on the GI bill. Now, with a teaching certificate in hand, Laurie yearns for a quiet, small-town life, although she is determined never to get married.

When her new neighbor, and fellow teacher, Neil Winston, puts out a few feelers, Laurie tries to discourage him. But when the town's art committee cancels a famous Russian pianist's concert because of rumors that he is a Communist, Laurie is incensed and says so publicly, which leads to accusations that she's a Communist sympathizer. Neil becomes her staunch ally during the resulting witch-hunt, which divides the town and escalates into violence.
Subjects: Women teachers, Fiction, Women veterans, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Enseignantes, Romans, nouvelles, Mœurs et coutumes, Fiction, sagas, New york (state), fiction
Places: New York (State), United States
Time periods: 1945-1970