Originally published in 1947, Ann Petry's classic Country Place
depicts a predominantly white community disillusioned by the
indignities and corruption of small-town life. Johnnie Roane
returns from four years of military service in World War II to his
wife, Glory. They had been married just a year when he left Lennox,
Connecticut, where both their families live and work. In his taxi
ride home, Johnnie receives foreboding hints that all has not been
well in his absence. Eager to mend his fraying marriage, Johnnie
attempts to cajole Glory to recommit to their life together. But
something sinister has taken place during the intervening years-an
infidelity that has not gone unnoticed in the superficially placid
New England town. Accompanied by a new foreword from Farah Jasmine
Griffin on the enduring legacy of Petry's oeuvre, Country Place
complicates and builds on the legacy of a literary celebrity and
one of the foremost African American writers of her time.
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