Set near San Francisco, this warm and funny novel follows the fortunes and failures of Jack and Milly for sixty years. They marry in 1952, and typical of post-war couples, shift up a class. Optimistic and full of plans, they see themselves living the American Dream.
Jack and Milly meant to live the American Dream - but in sixty years the dream has changed for their country and for them.
From the aches and indignities of old age Wait for Me, Jack takes us back to the exhilarating days when they first met, in an insightful, funny and, at times, devastating dissection of Jack and Milly's marriage, revealing what makes people stay together - despite everything.
Addison Jones is the author of four novels and a collection of short stories, all written under the name of Cynthia Rogerson. She holds a RLF Fellowship at Dundee University, and supervises for the University of Edinburgh's creative writing program.