Swingtown, the much-hyped CBS soap opera, is finally premiering tonight. The trailers for it look fun and decadent (and the hairstyles!) — amusing to see 21st century cinematic style mixed with the visuals of the 1970s. And the Swingtown trailers sure bring back memories from my girlhood and the nutty neighborhood in which I grew up (flower children, a cross-dressing librarian and more affairs between the neighborhood parents than even seems plausible today!).
One Fell Swoop, Virginia Boyd’s breakout novel, brings back that crazy time in vivid detail. I recently read the book and couldn’t put it down! The premise is that a woman in town finds out her husband has had an affair and she kills him and then herself. Plenty of folks in town have their own perspective on that little newsmaker and some men go out of their way to make sure their betrothed doesn’t decide to do the same to them!
If you’re not one to watch tv in the summer but you want that juicy 1970s drama, pick up One Fell Swoop and read it in the sun. You’ll be glad you did!
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