Loving women : a novel of the fifties

It was 1953. A time of innocence. A time when the world seemed full ofpossibilities. And all the rules were about to change.Michael was a streetwise Brooklyn boy heading south to join the Navy andbecome a man. But he was about to learn more about life than he's everimagined.Eden was beautiful, mysterious--the perfect instructor in the art of makinglove, in sexual pleasure...and in courage. But her past was full ofdangerous secrets that would haunt her forever.LOVING WOMEN is an unforgettable novel of honor and passion, heartbreak anddesire, and one man's coming of age.PRAISE FOR LOVING WOMEN AND PETE HAMILL"...{LOVING WOMEN has} one of those rare things in novels, a perfect voice,which enables Mr. Hamill to be both wryly wise and heartbreakingly innocent,often on the same page."--New York Times Book Review"Mr. Hamill writes with passion..."--New York Times"...a journey into memory and nostalgia...a warm and winning novel."--Washington Post Book World "...veteran journalist Hamill's...novel is told with such emotional urgencyand pictorial vividness that it has the flavor of a well-liked old storyrediscovered...he invests real passion, narrative energy, and fondlyremembered detail in this novel, and it pays off."--Publishers Weekly"Compulsively readable but unabashedly romantic...Generous, erotic,melodramatic...Hamill, engines on full, conjures up great sweeps of emotionanchored by impeccable period detail and a cast of memorable, truecharacters. A novel you'll settle in with , and will be sorry to see end."--Kirkus Reviews"Hamill's writing is tough, immediate, funny, filled with vivid,breathtaking characters, and propelled by a fierce sense of time, place, andunbridled macho desire. A major effort by a major talent."--Booklist"...a touching, nostalgic embrace of a novel."--Los Angeles Times"Hamill displays his talent for getting inside all types of people...eerilyevocative."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch It was 1953. A time of innocence. A time when the world seemed full of possibilities... and all the rules were about to change... MICHAEL - He was a streetwise Brooklyn boy heading south to join the Navy and become a man. But he was about to learn more about life than he'd ever imagined... EDEN - Beautiful, mysterious, she was the perfect instructor in the art of lovemaking, in sexual pleasure... and courage. But her past was full of dangerous secrets that would haunt her forever... LOVING WOMEN - An unforgettable novel of honor and passion, heartbreak and desire... and one man's coming of age... It was 1953. A time of innocence. A time when the world seemed full of possibilities. And all the rules were about to change. Michael was a streetwise Brooklyn boy heading south to join the Navy and become a man. But he was about to learn more about life than he's ever imagined. Eden was beautiful, mysterious--the perfect instructor in the art of making love, in sexual pleasure...and in courage. But her past was full of dangerous secrets that would haunt her forever. LOVING WOMEN is an unforgettable novel of honor and passion, heartbreak and desire, and one man's coming of age. In 1953, Michael heads south to become a man in the U.S. Navy. He is naive about the sadistic terrors of the service, the bigotry of the south, and thrashes through with frustration and despair until he meets Eden Santana.