Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander | Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander

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Author: Preston Jones
First Published: 1976
Type of Plot: Naturalistic
Time of Work: 1953, 1963, and 1973
Setting: Bradleyville, West Texas
Principal Characters: Lu Ann Hampton, Skip Hampton, Claudine Hampton, Billy Bob Wortman, Dale Laverty, Red Grover, Corky Oberlander, Rufe Phelps, Olin Potts
Genres: Domestic realism, Naturalistic literature, Drama
Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, South or Southerners, Marriage, West, U.S., Small-town life, Life, philosophy of, Texas, Time, Comedy
Locales: Bradleyville, TX

Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander opens in the living room of the Hampton house in Bradleyville, Texas, in 1953. Teenage Lu Ann Hampton runs into the house dressed in her Bradleyville High School cheerleading uniform, followed by boyfriend Billy Bob Wortman. He is dressed in a white shirt, Levi’s, boots, and a Bradleyville High School letter sweater. Billy Bob is a typical small-town boy of the 1950’s, except that today his hair is green. The basketball players decided to startle the school at this morning’s pep rally.

Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander | Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander

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