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Title: Not a review--just info about the book.
Review: Description from the back of the book:"'The Rough Years' is a novel of high school life--high school life not as parents or students wish it were, but as it is. The problems, dilemmas, catastrophes, and hopes of its characters are set against the background of Blanton, a city sharply divided by differences of social background, race, occupation, and education. In the midst of the story is sleepy Trinity [Episcopal] Church, trying to wake up and serve all sorts and conditions of men."From the Foreword: "The same characters appear here as in 'Knock and Enter' [which was the author's earlier novel], but they are five years older. There are a few additional characters. I hasten to add that the plot of 'The Rough Years' is entirely separate, and that no familiarity with that earlier book is needed."
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