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The time is noon

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A college graduate returns to her hometown in Pennsylvania. Then "an unfortunate love affair, a mother's long illness, the aloof and meditative figure of her father, all cast their shadows. But Joan Richards, in her successive roles as daughter, sister, …

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A college graduate returns to her hometown in Pennsylvania. Then "an unfortunate love affair, a mother's long illness, the aloof and meditative figure of her father, all cast their shadows. But Joan Richards, in her successive roles as daughter, sister, wife and mother, survives [and] grows stronger ... with fulfillment just ahead."

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"A college graduate returns to her hometown in Pennsylvania. Then "an unfortunate love affair, a mother's long illness, the aloof and meditative figure of her father, all cast their shadows. …"

— Margaret

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