"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Being Polite to Hitler is a moving, frank, and surprising portrait of post-World War II America. Robb Forman Dew intricately weaves together personal and family life into a richly wrought tapestry of the country in the 1950s and beyond. Having expected her life to become smaller, Agnes is amazed to see it grow instead. She puts out fires, smoothes fraying nerves, and, stunned as anyone, receives a marriage proposal. She shepherds her daughter-in-law, Lavinia, who moves in with her own two daughters to escape her husband's drinking. And despite her newfound freedom, Agnes finds herself becoming even more entangled in the family web. As much as she'd like to, Agnes can no more deflect their adamant advice than she can step down as their matriarch. Often eloquent, sometimes blunt, and always full of fire, The Scofield clan is not a family that keeps its opinions to itself. But how, at 51, can she establish an identity apart from what has so long defined her? After teaching and raising her family for most of her life, Agnes Scofield realizes that she is truly weary of the routine her life has become.
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